Glower

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: glow=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Glower, v. i. [Cf. Gloar.].

 to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Glower, v. & n.
--v.intr. (often foll. by at) stare or scowl, esp. angrily.
--n. a glowering look.

Derivative

gloweringly adv.

Etymology

orig. uncert.: perh. Sc. var. of ME glore f. LG or Scand., or f. obs. (ME) glow stare + -ER(4)

THESAURUS

Glower

angry look, bedroom eyes, color, come-hither look, dirty look, evil eye, flush, frown, gape, gaze, glad eye, glare, gloom, glowering look, gnarl, goggle, grimace, growl, knit the brow, long face, look, look black, look daggers, look sullen, lower, make a lip, make a moue, malocchio, mantle, moue, mow, offense, ogle, penetrating look, pique, pout, redden, scowl, snap, snarl, spit, stare, umbrage, watch, whammy, wry face

ROGET THESAURUS

Glower

Discourtesy

VB be rude, insult, treat with discourtesy, take a name in vain, make bold with, make free with, take a liberty, stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush, cut, turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel, give the cold shoulder, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon, show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear, lose one's temper, sulk, frown, scowl, glower, pout, snap, snarl, growl, render rude, brutalize, brutify.

Sullenness

VB be sullen, sulk, frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam, pout, have a hangdog look, glout.

Dimsightedness

VB be dimsighted, see double, have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes, see through a prism, see through a glass darkly, wink, blink, nictitate, squint, look askant, askant askance, screw up the eyes, glare, glower, nictate, dazzle, loom.