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Definition scowl

Etymology 1

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).

Noun

scowl (plural scowls)

1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
2. (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

Verb

scowl (third-person singular simple present scowls, present participle scowling, simple past and past participle scowled)

1. (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
2. (intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
3. (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
4. (transitive) To express by a scowl.

Etymology 2

Noun

scowl (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Old workings of iron ore.

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