Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: glowering
IPA transcription: [ɡl'aʊɚɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
    Meaning: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
Usage examples
  • He gazed at her, glowering.
  • 'Into the kitchen with you, and don't stand glowering after lads', he said.
  • I shall be afraid to leave you here with these devilish scoundrels." But when she put the suggestion to Usanga the black immediately suspected some plan to thwart him--possibly to carry him against his will back to the German masters he had traitorously deserted, and glowering at her savagely, he obstinately refused to entertain the suggestion.