scowl
verb/skaʊl/
/skaʊl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scowl | /skaʊl/ /skaʊl/ |
| he / she / it scowls | /skaʊlz/ /skaʊlz/ |
| past simple scowled | /skaʊld/ /skaʊld/ |
| past participle scowled | /skaʊld/ /skaʊld/ |
| -ing form scowling | /ˈskaʊlɪŋ/ /ˈskaʊlɪŋ/ |
- scowl (at somebody/something) to look at somebody/something in an angry or annoyed way synonym glower
- The receptionist scowled at me.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2- I scowled at them before stalking out of the room.
- His eyes scowled down at her.
- She scowled darkly and muttered something under her breath.
- ‘I want a word with you,’ he said, scowling.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- angrily
- darkly
- deeply
- …
- at
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish skule ‘scowl’. The noun dates from the early 16th cent.
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