Definitions of scowl [ʊl]

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Definition of 'scowl'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) scowl
to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.

2. scowl
to have a gloomy or threatening look.

3. (v.t.) scowl
to affect or express with a scowl.

4. (n.) scowl
a scowling expression, look, or aspect.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME scoulen (v.); perh. < Scand)

Definition of 'scowl'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) frown, scowl
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

2. (verb) scowl
frown with displeasure

Definition of 'scowl'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) scowl
to frown in an angry way
The teacher scowled at us.

Definition of 'scowl'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) scowl
the wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown

2. (noun) scowl
hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect

3. (verb) scowl
to wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry

4. (verb) scowl
hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower

5. (verb) scowl
to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown

6. (verb) scowl
to express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance

Translation of 'scowl'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wrinkle the brow in displeasure He scowled furiously (at her).
Afrikaans: frons	Arabic: يَعْبِس، يُقَطِّبُ حاجِبَ	Bulgarian: мръщя се
Brazilian: franzir a sobrancelha	Czech: mračit se	German: finster blicken
Danish: skule	Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω	Spanish: fruncir el ceño/entrecejo
Estonian: kulmu kortsutama	Farsi: اخم كردن	Finnish: rypistää kulmiaan
French: froncer les sourcils	Hebrew: לְהַזְעִיף פָּנִים	Hindi: त्योरी चढ़ाना, नाक-भौं चढ
Croatian: mrgođenje	Hungarian: összevonja szemöldökét	Indonesian: mengerutkan muka
Icelandic: yggla sig	Italian: aggrottare le ciglia	Japanese: 顔をしかめる
Korean: 얼굴을 찡그리다	Lithuanian: susiraukti	Latvian: dusmīgi skatīties; raukt
Malay: menunjukkan muka marah	Dutch: het voorhoofd fronsen	Norwegian: rynke pannen, skule til
Polish: nachmurzyć się	Persian: اخم كردن	Pashto: كتنه ( ترش، په قهر) بد مز
Portuguese: franzir o sobrolho	Romanian: aîncrunta sprâncenele	Russian: хмуриться
Slovak: mračiť sa	Slovenian: mrščiti se	Serbian: gledati mrko
Swedish: rynkaögonbrynen, bliga	Thai: ถลึงตา	Turkish: kaşını çatmak
Taiwanese: 繃著臉	Ukrainian: хмуритися, супитися	Urdu: تیوری چڑھانا
Vietnamese: giận dữ, cáu kỉnh	Chinese: 绷着脸
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