scowl
IPA: skˈaʊɫ
noun
- The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
- (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Old workings of iron ore.
verb
- (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
- (intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
- (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
- (transitive) To express by a scowl.
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Examples of "scowl" in Sentences
- She gave me a fierce scowl.
- Have an idea for a smile or a scowl
- A scowl would of been more appropriate.
- He usually had a mean scowl on his face.
- Albeit with a grimace and scowl, I am returning.
- He has delivered most of his blast with a scowl.
- In one image he's scowling, and in another he's smiling.
- Photo of cat with an apparent scowl goes viral on the web.
- Frowning, grimacing, and scowling exist, along with trickery.
- A cat with a permanent scowl is making a lot of people smile.
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