1
as in to glare
to look with anger or disapproval
baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose
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as in to darken
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look
the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company
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Recent Examples of glower
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
Levin, typically springy, glowered as Wolf told them about how the shutdown had devastated her life.
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Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Having finagled an invite from Prater’s steely assistant, Charley (Uma Thurman, sporting an asymmetrical bob and a disgusted glower), Dexter infiltrates the group looking for villains to bring to his kill table.
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EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Verb
This leads to a lively scene where Carl and his glowering right-hand man make an impromptu visit to Hypergnosis headquarters and demand a demonstration of Duncan’s snooping network.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
Levin, typically springy, glowered as Wolf told them about how the shutdown had devastated her life.
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Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
Mike, now played with a friendly glower by the bald and barrel-chested Chiklis, is a construction-site foreman, married for decades to Eileen (Mary Stuart Masterson), with several grown children.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Having finagled an invite from Prater’s steely assistant, Charley (Uma Thurman, sporting an asymmetrical bob and a disgusted glower), Dexter infiltrates the group looking for villains to bring to his kill table.
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EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Verb
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Best Skincare Deals While the temperatures are balmy and the sun is glaring, skincare becomes that much more important.
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The glaring issue in England’s group stage performance stems from the drop-off in goal production from the opener to the final two matches.
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Auto-correct tools generally brighten photos, but this one also knows when an image needs darkening.
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Its most dramatic attack occurred last week, when hundreds of drones overwhelmed Moscow’s air defenses and hit refineries and storage tanks, sending up black plumes of smoke that darkened the sky.
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The visual language of the album grounds the spiritual core of the record in Cuba—not Cuba, as envisioned by the foreign gaze or in diaspora, but Cuba, the island and its water, where movement is intrinsic to its border.
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Flip your gaze upward, and the second bed is right there, nestled up against the headliner.
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As a 7-year-old, I’d entertain my father’s friends, at their weekly pickup game at a Bronx barn-house gymnasium, by imitating his game face—bottom lip jutting, eyes scowling.
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Modern tiki tends to take a lighter touch, using more abstract graphics, less imagery of women and scowling gods.
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Judges generally frown on any major actions to change voting laws in the weeks before an election.
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It is also frowned upon for the guests to help themselves to multiple servings without getting a cue from the host.
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While Riot gave his mom a sassy stare, RZA kept his face hidden behind a French workbook.
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Here’s how job seekers can address them A long, silent thousand-yard stare should clear things up.
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“Glower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glower. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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