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Scowl

//skaʊl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

    "She made a scowl."

  2. 2
    Old workings of iron ore. UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 3
    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure wordnet
  4. 4
    Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. broadly

    "Mr. Pynsent, who had asked Miss Amory to dance, came up on one occasion to claim her hand, but scowls of recognition having already passed between him and Mr. Arthur Pendennis in the dancing-room, Arthur suddenly rose up and claimed Miss Amory as his partner for the present dance […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. intransitive

    "She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce"

  2. 2
    frown with displeasure wordnet
  3. 3
    To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. broadly, intransitive

    "The scowling heavens."

  4. 4
    To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. transitive

    "to scowl a rival into submission"

  5. 5
    To express by a scowl. transitive

    "to scowl defiance"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).

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