glowering 1 of 2

adjective

as in frowning

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verb

present participle of glower
1
as in glaring
to look with anger or disapproval baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose

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2
as in darkening
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company

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Recent Examples of glowering
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Walking around in the mud and glowering at the neighbors is not my idea of a good time. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 Corey Stoll plays a glowering boss baddie, the kind of villain even Iron Man 2 couldn’t take seriously. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 Dennis is meanwhile back at home, probably glowering, knowing again how this story ends. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 Balagov is indisputably a filmmaker with his own distinctive vision, ideally matched with Evgueni and Sacha Galperine’s glowering score and with Fray’s nimble shooting style, which often takes its cue to get in close from the knotted bodies on the wrestling mats. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Muhammad Ali glowering over a fallen Sonny Liston in 1965? — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowering
  1. frowning
  2. glaring
  3. darkening
  4. scowling
  5. staring
  6. sullen
Adjective
  • Balogun then looked over at a frowning Ream, who had just finished urging his teammates to be sure to stop and smell the flowers along this World Cup journey.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of frowning
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  • The problem appears especially glaring in thinner fields that could desperately use a boost in the competition — like this year’s limited series crop.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
  • T-shirts with glaring logos, like your university or favorite sports team, are considered too casual for daily wear.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of glaring
Verb
  • During a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the face of the sun, darkening the sky and revealing just the sun’s outer atmosphere called the corona.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of darkening the sky and unveiling the sun's signature circular ring, this time around the moon will only partly cover the sun, giving it a crescent shape, according to NASA.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of darkening
Adjective
  • The video, which has garnered over 70,000 views as of Wednesday, opens with a scowling Donalds, sitting behind the governor’s desk one year into his hypothetical first term.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of scowling
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  • Some edits of the clip show the character in black-and-white, staring at the camera, emulating a horror movie scene.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Some of them still live in cabins and grow their own food and others spend their days staring at Microsoft Office screens, but versions of the spontaneous hippie archetype still live on within each of them.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of staring
Adjective
  • Nights can be a sullen cycle of sleep, showering and opening a window — only to close it later to block out the urban noise.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The pilot is charming and funny, immediately drawing me into the dynamic of its two characters — Romy is a bit more gregarious and sarcastic, Bobby more sensitive and sullen.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of sullen

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