Meaning & use

Glowered

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looked or stared with sullen anger or a fierce scowl.

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She glowered at her brother after he broke her favorite mug.

The coach glowered at the referee's controversial call.

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Past tense of "glower," a word of uncertain origin often linked to Scottish dialect roots meaning to stare fixedly.

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