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noun

Scowl n.

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. "With solemn phiz, and critic scowl."

Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. "A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul."

verb

Scowl v. t.

To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.

Scowl v. i. (past & past part. scowled; pres. part. scowling)

To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. "She scowled and frowned with froward countenance."

Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens."

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Etymology of 'Scowl'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scowl" Quotes from Famous Books

... him; And o'er countless blue noses, His hard heart he closes. His own children fear him And dare not come near him; E'en his favorite child[4] Has been known to run wild At his too near approach, Her fear of him such, And to shriek and to howl And return scowl for scowl. Indeed few dare him face, And all shun his embrace; For though pleasant his smile, Yet one thinks all the while Of that terrible frown, Which the hardiest clown, Though a stout hearted man, Will avoid if ...

— The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems • Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow

... rear with us, was ever twisting his hatless head to scowl back at the Hussars; and he talked continually in a loud, confident ...

— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers

... seas of blood; Kali, the goddess; Draupadi, the white-armed, and Chrishna, the Christ, all passed away and left the thrones of heaven desolate. Along the banks of the sacred Nile, Iris no longer wandering weeps, searching for the dead Osiris. The shadow of Typhon's scowl falls no more upon the waves. The sun rises as of yore, and his golden beams still smite the lips of Memnon, but Memnon is as voiceless as the Sphinx. The sacred fanes are lost in desert sands; the dusty ...

— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll

... those kids myself this afternoon," remarked Jack Curtiss with a scowl, as they wended their way toward a shed in the rear of Bill Bender's home, which had been fitted tip as a sort ...

— The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol • Howard Payson

... after a few feeble essays at assertion that were brutally stifled. Patricia danced disrespectfully in the background when neither brother observed her. She had no wish to incur again the tightly drawn scowl of Wilbur. The venom of that had made ...

— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson

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