What is the meaning of glowering?

verb

  • Look at with a fixed gaze.
    • usage: "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"
  • Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.

adjective

  • Showing a brooding ill humor.
    • usage: "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"
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