GLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glower mean? 

• GLOWER (noun)
  The noun GLOWER has 1 sense:

1. an angry stare

  Familiarity information: GLOWER used as a noun is very rare.

• GLOWER (verb)
  The verb GLOWER has 2 senses:

1. look at with a fixed gaze

2. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

  Familiarity information: GLOWER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angry stare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Hypernyms ("glower" is a kind of...):

stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)

Derivation:

glower (look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval)

glower (look at with a fixed gaze)

• GLOWER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glower    ... he / she / it glowers   
Past simple: glowered   
Past participle: glowered   
-ing form: glowering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at with a fixed gaze

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

glare; glower

Context example:

The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her

Hypernyms (to "glower" is one way to...):

stare (fixate one's eyes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They glower up the hill

Derivation:

glower (an angry stare)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

frown; glower; lour; lower

Hypernyms (to "glower" is one way to...):

grimace; make a face; pull a face (contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glower"):

scowl (frown with displeasure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

glower (an angry stare)

 Context examples 

A moment later he emerged, a heavy-set young fellow of eighteen or nineteen, with a glowering, villainous countenance, trailing at his heels.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He pointed to Uriah, pale and glowering in a corner, evidently very much out in his calculations, and taken by surprise.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Had he merely stood over the meat, head up and glowering, White Fang would ultimately have slunk away.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The boy glowered sullenly, but refused to move.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At any rate, his skill reminds him of the woman he did not like, and so he 'glowered' as Jo said.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

In due time I heard the church-bells ringing, as I plodded on; and I met people who were going to church; and I passed a church or two where the congregation were inside, and the sound of singing came out into the sunshine, while the beadle sat and cooled himself in the shade of the porch, or stood beneath the yew-tree, with his hand to his forehead, glowering at me going by.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Laurence and his grandson dined with them, also Mr. Brooke, at whom Jo glowered darkly, to Laurie's infinite amusement.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)