English Explanatory Dictionary

glower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To look or stare with anger.
noun
  1. An angry glare or stare.
noun
  1. That which glows or emits light.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/ En_US_Glower.wav /ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glower 2.wav /ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/

Word forms

glower glowers glowering glowered glour glowr

Etymology

From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. Equivalent to glow + -er (a fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.

Synonyms

glare scowl lour

Related words

frown

Derived words

glowerer gloweringly glowering glowersome
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