glowering 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of gloweringnext
as in frowning

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glowering

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verb

present participle of glower
1
as in glaring
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 darkening
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowering
  1. glaring
  2. darkening
  3. sullen
  4. grey
Verb
  • The disparities in sponsorships, prize money, and funding for women’s sports are glaring.
    Brook Choulet, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Particularly when an organization is taking the next leap in its evolution, there are often glaring errors that your leadership, investors or even board want to fix right away.
    Joe Garber, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of glaring
Verb
  • The flowers and the ferns put themselves to bed, shedding petals, drying and darkening, folding up.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The weather is darkening, the leaves are falling and the zombies are nearing your doorstep.
    Annalise Frank, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of darkening
Adjective
  • The New Daughter has an interesting, sullen mood and looks fantastic, but that just further accentuates how out of place Costner seems.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • One of the migrants looks at the camera with sullen eyes and a rugged beard.
    Kunal Sehgal, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sullen
Adjective
  • There are blue shampoos, purple shampoos, and even a grey conditioner, all aimed at banishing brassiness.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 31 Dec. 2024
  • While one was seen wearing a black Nike sweatsuit, the other was wearing a grey hoodie.
    Jessica Botelho, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of grey
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