1
as in to glare
to look with anger or disapproval
baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose
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2
as in to darken
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look
the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company
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as in glare
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Recent Examples of glower
Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Declan, quite a serious character in the novel, proceeds to drink obscene amounts of whiskey and smoke intellectually in the bath, glowering beneath his mustache.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
This is a woman who wakes up in a fright, glowers at pigeons, scrubs her home in a panicked fury, upbraids her adult son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett), and dismisses her plumber husband Curtley (David Webber).
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The joke, of course, is that much of Washington started this week waiting to see if the new President would glower at the hot new app from China.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Declan, quite a serious character in the novel, proceeds to drink obscene amounts of whiskey and smoke intellectually in the bath, glowering beneath his mustache.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
Each tree has promised itself right up from the ground, branches full of dying...
Elegy Written In A City Cemetery
Sina Queyras
Somebody left the world last night, and last, and
last, and last: wild is the glower of wind, and words
too thin, too meek to shelter.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
This is a woman who wakes up in a fright, glowers at pigeons, scrubs her home in a panicked fury, upbraids her adult son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett), and dismisses her plumber husband Curtley (David Webber).
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glower
Verb
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Said with the conviction of someone who’s never questioned their code of ethics, yet at a time when an impartial observer may wonder how a functioning moral compass could guide anyone to such a calamitous moment, the above line is both a glaring signpost and a savvy misdirect.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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However, there are still some glaring needs on the team's roster, and the 2025 Draft should help fill some of those. identified the ideal first two draft picks for each team.—
Bryce Lazenby,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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And for the last 10 pages, Newport-Berra would darken the image to cheat the sun-setting and early evening.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today The shadow of a U.S. recession is growing longer and darkening the outlook for both consumers and CFOs alike, according to various surveys tracking sentiment in March.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2025
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As such, scientists recently turned the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) powerful gaze towards 2024 YR4, capturing the object in both visible and thermal light.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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This documentary reverses the gaze by elevating the work and voices of scientists from unrepresented communities.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps the Staring Girl is just that, a staring girl.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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But Oskar continued to be mesmerized, staring at the rotating blades.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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When Verbeek mentioned the Knot, Guadarrama shook his head and frowned.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Even between husband and wife, the use of any contraceptives was frowned upon — and still is, officially.—
Laura Gómez,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2025
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Those who scowled at such modest steps in programming are presumably hailing the Trump regime’s ugly crusade against D.E.I., which has broadened into an assault on decades of civil-rights progress.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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For Halloween, Rick showed up wearing the same shirt Blake always wore, scowled and walked around with a Monster drink all night long.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 July 2024
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“Glower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glower. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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