Scowl
[skaʊl]
Definition
(v. i.) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
(v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
(v. t.) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
(v. t.) To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
(n.) The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
(n.) Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Frown; look angry, sour, or sullen.
n. Frown.
Checker: Spenser
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Frown, discountenance, browbeat, lower, glower
ANT:Smile, encourage, countenance
Typist: Xavier
Definition
n. (prov.) old workings of iron ore.
v.i. to wrinkle the brows in displeasure: to look sour or angry: to look gloomy.—n. the wrinkling of the brows when displeased.—p.adj. Scow′ling.—adv. Scow′lingly.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- Mademoiselle Hortense eyes him with a scowl upon her tight face, which gradually changes into a smile of scorn, You are very mysterieuse. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What does she mean by leaning her cheek on Rushedge i' that way, and looking at us wi' a scowl and a menace? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His face, already paler than usual, took on a scowl as he walked across the room and flung himself into a chair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Paul discovered this, and gave me a side-scowl and a little shake for my pains. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The General, with the orders in his button, stared at the newcomer with a sulky scowl, as much as to say, who the devil are you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was out of temper; and he looked up with an angry scowl. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Rebecca saw the scowl gathering over his heavy brow. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- On the contrary, they only scowled at us and said never a word. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Vous ne voulez pas de moi pour voisin, he growled: vous vous donnez des airs de caste; vous me traitez en paria; he scowled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He did not commend; at some passages he scowled and stamped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Osborne scowled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and he seemed to have forgotten that any one was by; he scowled at the watchers when he saw them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The angry flush had not disappeared, however; and when he was pulled out of his prison, he scowled boldly on Noah, and looked quite undismayed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The captain was on the point of making an angry reply, but, thinking better of it, turned on his heel and black and scowling, strode aft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Yes,' said Monks, scowling at the trembling boy: the beating of whose heart he might have heard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He honoured me with one of his magnificent bows, and then addressed himself gaily to the scowling master of the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And beside him, white with rage or fear, or both, were the scowling features of the man who had accosted him in the inn-yard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But, neither of them took any more notice of him than whispering to each other, and scowling at him as they did so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I should like some tea, please, said Lydgate, curtly, still scowling and looking markedly at his legs stretched out before him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The ribaldry of this miserable man is despicably disgusting,' said Pott, pretending to address Bob Sawyer, and scowling upon Slurk. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But then, Rosamond had no scowls and had never raised her voice: she was quite sure that no one could justly find fault with her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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