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scowl

scowl [ skowl ]


noun  (plural scowls)
Definition:
 
frown: an expression of anger, displeasure, or menace made by drawing the eyebrows together toward the middle of the forehead



verb  (past and past participle scowled, present participle scowl·ing, 3rd person present singular scowls)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb form frown: to draw the eyebrows together toward the middle of the forehead in an expression of anger, displeasure, or menace

2. transitive verb reveal negative feeling: to give expression to an emotion by means of a scowl

[14th century. Probably < N Germanic]

scowl·er noun
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