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noun

Scowl n.

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. "With solemn phiz, and critic scowl."

Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. "A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul."

verb

Scowl v. t.

To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.

Scowl v. i. (past & past part. scowled; pres. part. scowling)

To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. "She scowled and frowned with froward countenance."

Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens."

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Etymology of 'Scowl'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scowl" Quotes from Famous Books

... blackened with an angry scowl as he listened to the taunting, spiteful speech. But he ...

— The Baronet's Bride • May Agnes Fleming

... her in his arms, and pressed her close. His eyes were gazing off over her bent head, and his lips twitched. He drew his features into a scowl, because that was the only expression with which he could safeguard his feelings. ...

— The Call of the Cumberlands • Charles Neville Buck

... Sunday papers who had been lured from their known standards of good manners into the sending of sundry interested glances in the direction of our sparkling girl, took the cue from the Kite's scowl to bury themselves for good in the voluminous sheets they held, each attending strictly to his own business, as is the etiquette of places like ...

— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

... upper end of the hall, Belasez paused for an instant to make a last reverence to Margaret, who sat there talking with her unacknowledged husband, Sir Richard de Clare. The black scowl on the face of her brother drew ...

— Earl Hubert's Daughter - The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century • Emily Sarah Holt

... you're to take me, Rookie. Don't scowl. I've got to see that man when he worships his idols, and you've got to see him, too. His god must be an idol: burnt offerings, that sort of thing. Perhaps that's what he's doing it all for: offering her up, as a ...

— Old Crow • Alice Brown

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