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glowering
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Glowering
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
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glowering
(gcide) | glowering \glowering\ adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
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glowering
(wn) | glowering
adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] |
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glowering
(encz) | glowering, adj: |
gloweringly
(encz) | gloweringly, adv: |
dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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glowering
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]glowering \glowering\ adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
[WordNet 1.5] |
glowering
(wn) | glowering
adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] |
gloweringly
(wn) | gloweringly
adv 1: in a glowering manner; "he stared gloweringly at this
morning's headlines" |
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