Definitions for scowl
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frown, scowlverb

   a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

2. scowlverb

   frown with displeasure

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. scowlnoun

   The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

2. scowlnoun

   Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

3. scowlverb

   To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

4. scowlverb

   Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.

5. scowlverb

   To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

6. scowlverb

   To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scowlnoun

   Look of sullenness or discontent; gloom.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I’ve seen the morning’s lovely ray
   Hover o’er the new-born day,
   With rosy wings so richly bright,
   As if he scorn’d to think of night;
   When a ruddy storm, whose scowl
   Made heaven’s radiant face look foul,
   Call’d for an untimely night,
   To blot the newly-blossom’d light. Richard Crashaw.

2. To Scowlverb

   To frown; to pout; to look angry, sour, or sullen.

   Etymology: scylian , to squint, Saxon; skeela sig, to look sour, Islandick.

   Miso, having now her authority increased, came with scowling eyes to deliver a slavering good-morrow to the two ladies. Philip Sidney.

   With bent louring brows, as she would threat,
   She scowl’d and frowned with froward countenance. F. Q.

   Even so, or with much more contempt, mens eyes
   Did scowl on Richard. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   Not a courtier,
   Although they wear their faces to the bent
   Of the king’s look, but hath a heart that is
   Glad at the thing they scowl at. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   The dusky clouds o’erspread
   Heav’n’s cheerful face, the low’ring element
   Scowls o’er the darken’d landschape snow or show’r. John Milton.

   Fly, fly, prophane fogs! far hence fly away,
   With your dull influence; it is for you
   To sit and scowl upon night’s heavy brow. Richard Crashaw.

   In rueful gaze
   The cattle stand, and on the scowling heavens
   Cast a deploring eye. James Thomson, Summer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scowl

   A frown (also known as a scowl) is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. An alternative usage in North America is thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase, especially in the United States, to "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scowlverb

   to wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry

2. Scowlverb

   hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower

3. Scowlverb

   to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown

4. Scowlverb

   to express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance

5. Scowlnoun

   the wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown

6. Scowlnoun

   hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect

7. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scowl

   skowl, v.i. to wrinkle the brows in displeasure: to look sour or angry: to look gloomy.—n. the wrinkling of the brows when displeased.—p.adj. Scow′ling.—adv. Scow′lingly. [Scand., Dan. skule, to scowl; Low Ger. schulen, to look slyly.]

2. Scowl

   skowl, n. (prov.) old workings of iron ore.

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1. cowls

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scowl in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scowl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of scowl in a Sentence

1. George Eliot:

   Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

2. George Eliot:

   Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?

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