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glowering definition

glowering


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  glower 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  glower 
 
  Sense  2 
  frown,  glower,  lower 
  =>  scowl 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  glower 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  glower 
 
  Sense  2 
  frown,  glower,  lower 
  =>  scowl 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  glower 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  glower 
 
  2  senses  of  glower 
 
  Sense  1 
  glower,  glare 
  =>  stare 
 
  Sense  2 
  frown,  glower,  lower 
  =>  grimace,  make  a  face,  pull  a  face 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  glower 
 
  glower  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  glower 
 
  Sense  1 
  glower,  glare 
  =>  stare 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  frown,  glower,  lower 
  =>  grimace,  make  a  face,  pull  a  face 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  glower 
 
  The  verb  glower  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  glower,  glare  --  (look  at  with  a  fixed  gaze:  "The  girl  glared  at  the  man  who  tried  to  make  a  pass  at  her") 
  2.  frown,  glower,  lower  --  (wrinkle  one's  forehead  in  a  sign  of  disapproval) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  glowering 
 
  The  adj  glowering  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dark,  dour,  glowering,  glum,  moody,  morose,  saturnine,  sour,  sullen  --  (showing  a  brooding  ill  humor;  "a  dark  scowl";  "the  proverbially  dour  New  England  Puritan";  "a  glum,  hopeless  shrug";  "he  sat  in  moody  silence";  "a  morose  and  unsociable  manner";  "a  saturnine,  almost  misanthropic  young  genius"-  Bruce  Bliven;  "a  sour  temper";  "a  sullen  crowd") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  glowering 
 
  1  sense  of  glowering 
 
  Sense  1 
  dark,  dour,  glowering,  glum,  moody,  morose,  saturnine,  sour,  sullen 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill-natured)  ->  good-natured 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  glowering 
 
  1  sense  of  glowering 
 
  Sense  1 
  dark,  dour,  glowering,  glum,  moody,  morose,  saturnine,  sour,  sullen 
  =>  ill-natured  (vs.  good-natured) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  glowering 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  glowering 
 
  glowering  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  glowering 
  glowering 
 
  Overview  of  verb  glower 
 
  The  verb  glower  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  glower,  glare  --  (look  at  with  a  fixed  gaze:  "The  girl  glared  at  the  man  who  tried  to  make  a  pass  at  her") 
  2.  frown,  glower,  lower  --  (wrinkle  one's  forehead  in  a  sign  of  disapproval) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  glowering 
 
  The  adj  glowering  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dark,  dour,  glowering,  glum,  moody,  morose,  saturnine,  sour,  sullen  --  (showing  a  brooding  ill  humor;  "a  dark  scowl";  "the  proverbially  dour  New  England  Puritan";  "a  glum,  hopeless  shrug";  "he  sat  in  moody  silence";  "a  morose  and  unsociable  manner";  "a  saturnine,  almost  misanthropic  young  genius"-  Bruce  Bliven;  "a  sour  temper";  "a  sullen  crowd") 



glowering definition