What does "scowl" mean?
Scowl: Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens." Thomson.
Additional senses
- 2.To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. Milton.
- 3.To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
- 4.The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullennes, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. With solemn phiz, and critic scowl. Lloyd.
- 5.Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. Burns. A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul. Crashaw.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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