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scowling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scowl  \Scowl\  (skoul),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scowled}  (skould); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scowling}.]  [Akin  to  Dan.  skule;  cf  Icel. 
  skolla  to  skulk,  LG  schulen  to  hide  one's  self  D.  schuilen 
  G.  schielen  to  squint,  Dan.  skele,  Sw  skela,  AS  sceolh 
  squinting.  Cf  {Skulk}.] 
  1.  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. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  look  gloomy,  dark,  or  threatening;  to  lower. 
  ``The  scowling  heavens.''  --Thomson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scowling 
  adj  :  sullen  or  unfriendly  in  appearance  [syn:  {beetle-browed}] 




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