as in frowning
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as in glaring
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 darkening
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 glowering
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, the White House has loaned the museum the Torok photograph, which shows Trump glowering over his desk.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Balagov is indisputably a filmmaker with his own distinctive vision, ideally matched with Evgueni and Sacha Galperine’s glowering score and with Fray’s nimble shooting style, which often takes its cue to get in close from the knotted bodies on the wrestling mats.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
This leads to a lively scene where Carl and his glowering right-hand man make an impromptu visit to Hypergnosis headquarters and demand a demonstration of Duncan’s snooping network.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
Muhammad Ali glowering over a fallen Sonny Liston in 1965?
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The girl looks at her mother glowering in the doorway.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Dennis is meanwhile back at home, probably glowering, knowing again how this story ends.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, the White House has loaned the museum the Torok photograph, which shows Trump glowering over his desk.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Balagov is indisputably a filmmaker with his own distinctive vision, ideally matched with Evgueni and Sacha Galperine’s glowering score and with Fray’s nimble shooting style, which often takes its cue to get in close from the knotted bodies on the wrestling mats.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
This leads to a lively scene where Carl and his glowering right-hand man make an impromptu visit to Hypergnosis headquarters and demand a demonstration of Duncan’s snooping network.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
Muhammad Ali glowering over a fallen Sonny Liston in 1965?
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The girl looks at her mother glowering in the doorway.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowering
Adjective
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Balogun then looked over at a frowning Ream, who had just finished urging his teammates to be sure to stop and smell the flowers along this World Cup journey.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Verb
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The Knicks' championship parade will conclude at City Hall, where fans will be met with a glaring mistake.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Taking Ament would require belief that the shooting and strength questions are developmental hurdles, not glaring red flags.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Today, the skies seem to be darkening once again.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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One brush fire from the summer storm then split into two, and the raging flames sent plumes of black smoke upward, darkening the skies for miles and fouling the air.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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The video, which has garnered over 70,000 views as of Wednesday, opens with a scowling Donalds, sitting behind the governor’s desk one year into his hypothetical first term.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Beijing — When US and Israeli bombs first began falling on Iran at the end of February, China’s leaders were staring at the very real possibility of another friendly regime being decapitated, much like had happened with Venezuela only weeks before.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Yesterday, Barack Obama stood in the nearly same spot, now as a former president, staring up at a monument in his name.—
Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Sad, sullen younger half-brother Zach (Joe Anders), unrecovered from a social media misstep, is acting more strangely than teenage boys usually do.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Now, in a more intimate setting, the sullen and sometimes-sarcastic shadings of this longtime singer-songwriter should hark back to Folds’ fledgling days on the alt-music scene.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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“Glowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glowering. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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