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Definition of scowl noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scowl

noun
 
/skaʊl/
 
/skaʊl/
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  1. an angry look or expression
    • He looked up at me with a scowl.
    • Her brows drew together in a scowl.
    • His face was set in a permanent scowl.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dark
    • angry
    • permanent
    • …
    verb + scowl
    • wear
    • give (somebody)
    • be set in
    • …
    scowl + verb
    • darken
    • deepen
    preposition
    • in a scowl
    • with a scowl
    phrases
    • have a scowl on your face
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    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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