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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9 words match “SCOWL”

SCOWL v. 6 definitions
ng or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. Spenser.
SCOWLINGLY adv.
In a scowling manner.
BEND v.
an anchor. Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. Camden.
BROW n.
row of a precipice; the brow of a hill. To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.
FROWN v. 2 definitions
To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. The frowning wrinkle of her brow. Shak.
FROWNY a.
Frowning; scowling. [Obs.] Her frowny mother's ragged shoulder. Sir F. Palgrave.
GLOWER v.
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.
LOOK v.
ine, consider; as, to look at a matter without prejudice. -- To look black, to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening appearance. The bishops thereat repined, and looked black. Holinshed. -- To look down on or upon, to treat with indifference or contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise. -- To look for. (a) To e…
SLAM n.
The shock and noise produced in slamming. The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. Dickens.