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glowering

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: G L AW1 ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of giving a glower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of glower

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bliven

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dark, dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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