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glower¹

  • /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/ US, UK

Rhymes with -aʊ.ə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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. By surface analysis, glow + -er (fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.

verb glowers · glowering · glowered

  1. intransitive To look or stare with anger. [...] Last Morning I was unco airly out, / Upon a Dyke I lean'd and glowr'd about; / I ſaw my Meg come linkan o'er the Lee, / I ſaw my Meg, but Maggie ſaw na me: [...]

    Similar: lour

Similar: glare, scowl

noun glowers · glour · glowr

  1. An angry glare or stare. She sure has an awful glower on her face.

Similar: glare, scowl

glower²

  • /ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/ US

Rhymes with -əʊə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow + -er.

noun glowers

  1. That which glows or emits light. Table 45 presents computed relative and absolute values for the spectral radiant emittance of a Nernst glower at T = 1965 and 2000°K (the corresponding emissivities are 0.427 and 0.438).

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verb

Similar: glare, scowl

noun

Similar: glare, scowl

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verb to look or stare with anger

Españolmirar con ceño
Françaislancer un regard noir
Deutschärgerlich ansehen, finster ansehen
Italianoguardare in cagnesco
Ελληνικάαγριοκοιτάζω agriokoitázo
Русскийсердито смотреть serdito smotretʹ

noun angry glare or stare

Españolceño fruncido, mirada amenazadora
Françaisregard noir
Italianosguardo torvo

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@misc{glower_2026,
  title = {glower},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glower},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}