glower
verb/ˈɡlaʊə(r)/
/ˈɡlaʊər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they glower | /ˈɡlaʊə(r)/ /ˈɡlaʊər/ |
| he / she / it glowers | /ˈɡlaʊəz/ /ˈɡlaʊərz/ |
| past simple glowered | /ˈɡlaʊəd/ /ˈɡlaʊərd/ |
| past participle glowered | /ˈɡlaʊəd/ /ˈɡlaʊərd/ |
| -ing form glowering | /ˈɡlaʊərɪŋ/ /ˈɡlaʊərɪŋ/ |
- glower (at somebody/something) to look in an angry, aggressive way synonym glare
- She glowered across the table at me.
- Nicola stared at Tom, who glowered back.
- He stood behind her, eyes glowering.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps a Scots variant of synonymous dialect glore, or from obsolete glow ‘to stare’, both possibly of Scandinavian origin.Definitions on the go
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