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scowl
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- pronunciation:
- skaUl
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
scowls, scowling, scowled |
| definition: |
to make one's eyebrows contract in an expression of anger, threat, displeasure, or the like; glower.
She was deeply offended by what he'd said and she scowled at him angrily.The prisoners scowled and spat as their captors paraded by their enclosure.- synonyms:
- frown, glower
- similar words:
- glare, grimace, look daggers at, lower, pout
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| related words: |
gloom |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to express with an angry or threatening frown.
He scowled his displeasure with the proposal.- synonyms:
- frown
- antonyms:
- grin, smile
- similar words:
- glare
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an act or instance of scowling.
The boy's mother gave him a scowl for teasing his little sister.- synonyms:
- frown, glower
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| related words: |
glare, grimace |
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| derivation: |
scowlingly (adv.) |
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