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glowering

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There is a difference between knowing this and feeling it when people are glowering at you.

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Quick take

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of glowering gathered in one view.

adjective

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for glowering.

adjective

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

See also: dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

Example sentences

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There is a difference between knowing this and feeling it when people are glowering at you.

2

I take it you spend most of your waking hours glowering at anyone you see in public with an iPhone in hand.

3

3 star reviews usually provide FAR more information than glowing or glowering 4 and 1's.

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Fingerprint-marred green screen and scary looking nerd glowering at the camera is bad for business.

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Oh god, the amount of glowering envy I'm currently projecting could just about lift my table and everything on it two feet in the air.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use glowering in a sentence?

There is a difference between knowing this and feeling it when people are glowering at you.

What does glowering mean?

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

What part of speech is glowering?

glowering is commonly used as adjective.