GLOWERED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

glowered

verb

past tense of glower

as in glared

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 darkened

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 glowered Our little aluminum dinghy drifted too close to a herd of hippos, and the dominant male glowered at us before disappearing menacingly below the surface. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 Levin, typically springy, glowered as Wolf told them about how the shutdown had devastated her life. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 Someone’s ancestors, perhaps his wife’s, glowered down at us from heavy golden frames. — Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025 Frazier, whose ring demeanor generally toggled between glowering and frowning, glowered. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

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Still, as the rockets glared and smoke from pre-match pyrotechnics faded, those seats filled quickly.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Definition of glared

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As larger, necessary conversations regarding race, genre, music and industry categorization subsumed her Blue Island press run, the album’s softer, relatively disappointing commercial returns further darkened the energy around the release.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026
His chubby forehead was creased, and a sort of hunted look darkened his eyes.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of darkened

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Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Such behavior is typically frowned upon by most major news organizations, which want their reporters to be viewed as neutral chroniclers of the subjects and institutions to which they are assigned.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of frowned

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Yes, that same Mason from the premiere who Ge-Z stared Daisy into giving up a leather trench coat.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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