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- Dictionaryscowl/skaʊl/
noun
- 1. an angry or bad-tempered expression: "she stamped into the room with a scowl on her face"
verb
- 1. frown in an angry or bad-tempered way: "she scowled at him defiantly"
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The meaning of SCOWL is to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure. How to use scowl in a sentence.
to look at someone or something with a very annoyed expression: The boy scowled at her and reluctantly followed her back into school. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Grimacing and frowning. bitchy resting face. cloud. curl.
Scowl definition: to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.. See examples of SCOWL used in a sentence.
1. to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner. 2. to have a gloomy or threatening look. v.t. 3. to affect or express with a scowl. n. 4. a scowling expression, look, or aspect. [1300–50; Middle English scoulen (v.); perhaps < Scandinavian] scowl′er, n.
to look at someone or something with a very annoyed expression: The boy scowled at her and reluctantly followed her back into school. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Grimacing and frowning. bitchy resting face. cloud. curl.
Scowl is an expressive word: it shares "ow" with frown, and if you say it like you mean it you might end up scowling yourself. Being scowled at is more unsettling than being frowned at. A scowl is like an angry frown you would give someone if you disapproved of them.
to contract the eyebrows and lower the corners of the mouth in showing displeasure; look angry, irritated, or sullen. 2. to have a threatening look; lower. verb transitive. 3. to affect, influence, or express with a scowl or scowls. noun. 4. the act or expression of scowling; angry frown.
A complete guide to the word "SCOWL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Scowl Definition. To contract the eyebrows and lower the corners of the mouth in showing displeasure; look angry, irritated, or sullen. To affect, influence, or express with a scowl or scowls. To express (displeasure, for example) with a frowning facial expression. To have a threatening look; lower.
scowl (at somebody/something) to look at somebody/something in an angry or annoyed way synonym glower. The receptionist scowled at me.
