scowl
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scowl¹
- /skaʊl/
Rhymes with -aʊl
Where it comes from
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 scowls
- The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. She made a scowl.
- Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. Mr. Pynsent, who had asked Miss Amory to dance, came up on one occasion to claim her hand, but scowls of recognition having already passed between him and Mr. Arthur Pendennis in the dancing-room, Arthur suddenly rose up and claimed Miss Amory as his partner for the present dance […]
verb scowls · scowling · scowled
- To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce
- To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. The scowling heavens.
- To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. to scowl a rival into submission
- To express by a scowl. to scowl defiance
scowl²
noun
- Old workings of iron ore.
Translations
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noun wrinkling of the brows or face
| 日本語 | しかめる shikameru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 皺眉 /皱眉 zhòuméi |
| Português | carranca, cenho |
| Français | froncement |
| Deutsch | Stirnrunzeln |
| Italiano | cipiglio |
| Русский | нахму́ренность naxmúrennostʹ |
| العربية | عُبُوس ʕubūs |
verb to wrinkle the brows
| 日本語 | 顰める, にらむ niramu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 皺眉 /皱眉 zhòuméi |
| Português | franzir o cenho |
| Français | froncer, froncer les sourcils |
| Italiano | accigliarsi |
| Ελληνικά | αγριοκοιτάζω agriokoitázo |
| Română | încrunta |
| Русский | хму́рить бро́ви xmúritʹ bróvi, хму́риться xmúritʹsja, мо́рщить лоб mórščitʹ lob, мо́рщиться mórščitʹsja |
| العربية | عَبَسَ ʕabasa |
verb to look gloomy
| Deutsch | finster blicken, düster dreinblicken |
|---|---|
| Русский | хму́риться xmúritʹsja, нахму́риться naxmúritʹsja |
| العربية | عَبَسَ ʕabasa |
verb to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown
| Italiano | guardare in cagnesco |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αγριοκοιτάζω agriokoitázo |
verb to express by a scowl
| Ελληνικά | αγριοκοιτάζω agriokoitázo |
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