1
as in to glare
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 to darken
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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as in glare
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Recent Examples of glower
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
The strategy included putting hostile faces in the first row to glower at the enemy.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
But Gaga is dully earnest, struggling to match her costar’s tortured internal glower.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Verb
And the possibility of a Trump presidency is glowering above Kyiv.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
The strategy included putting hostile faces in the first row to glower at the enemy.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Noun
As the two women argue over which one of them should ascend to a higher position of power, Russell provides Wyler with a put-upon weariness that matches her glower.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
But Gaga is dully earnest, struggling to match her costar’s tortured internal glower.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glower
Verb
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All of this is alarming consumer advocates and ethics experts, who say there is a glaring conflict of interest between the world’s richest person simultaneously presiding over the shutdown of the CFPB while also owning businesses that would benefit from weakened financial regulation.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mayer paused and by his expression demonstrated, in turn, maternal kindness, sweetness, sacrifice and love, and then glared at Freed and me.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some smart glasses are as simple as electrochromic (automatically darkening) sunglasses.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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Add tomato paste; cook, stirring often, until darkened in color, about 3 minutes.—
Craig Ruff,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Her understanding of her body and her steely gaze has only deepened since then, culminating in her Best Actress win at the Academy Awards for 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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The cover image is one of several that show Barbara with her dark hair obscuring her face, an adolescent Cousin Itt, hiding from the parental gaze.—
Helen Sullivan,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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There are Super Bowl rookies staring around the place with eyes as wide as dinner plates (this reporter falls into that camp), there are members of the international media who have flown from around the world to be here.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Her mom, who had grown up with financial difficulties and was tighter with money, frowned.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Bishop Briggs Paints the 'Wednesday' Float Black 9 hr 16 min ago Wednesday Addams signature frown was a new addition to the Macy’s parade on Nov. 28.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
28 Nov. 2024
Verb
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In walks Plaza and Shannon, scowling at random members of the Salty Club — who return the favor with an eye roll.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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But Herb just scowled and finally threw the galley down on his desk.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Glower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glower. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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