to scowl
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4.1
- verb
- /skaʊl/
:
fruncir el ceño
- She scowled at her brother for making a mess in the living room.
She did, you know, scowl a bit because it wasn't done then.
- She did, you know, scowl a bit because it wasn't done then.
- So people scowl for many reasons.
- I can't be standing there stoic and mad, scowling.
- Meaning sometimes in anger, you scowl.
- You had the rudeness to shout at my wife and scowl at her.
- There was some studies where they botoxical Beller right here, this muscle here and treat depression because they can't scowl Yeah.
Examples
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Anna Wintour scowled at me.
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Listen, John, will you stop scowling at me?
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Did I scowl at you?
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Don't scowl at me like that, you scare me.
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She comes out in the hallway to scowl at me every time I take the stairs.
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"Let's be rid of this thing," he scowled, shuffling away from the bar.
Fiction book (1991) -
Allen, don't scowl at me, you're supposed to be driving.
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"Do you doubt my word?" Bargen demanded, scowling at the Southern Holder.
Fiction book (1991) -
A thickset black man in coveralls and a hard hat scowled at me.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mrs. Fitz, turning at the bottom, saw the flock of women above and scowled ferociously.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
To bring the eyebrows together and wrinkle the forehead to show dislike or concentration
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3.2
To stare at someone angrily to show dislike
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3.2
Move parts of your face to show dislike, pain, or to be funny
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2.3
Give someone a worried or angry look to show you do not like them
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5.5
Make a face to show dislike or discomfort
To look angry or dark, often by frowning
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scowl as a verb is the action of making that dark look—think of 'shadowing' your face when you are annoyed. That's why to scowl means to frown in an angry or displeased way.