as in glared
to look with anger or disapproval
scowled down at the misbehaving child
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Recent Examples of scowled
Another line of attack likens the show to when bachelorette parties invade gay bars — a practice frequently scowled upon by gay patrons.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
Behar scowled at Goldberg's comment, which opened the floodgates for the remaining panelists.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
Behar scowled at Goldberg's comment, which opened the floodgates for the remaining panelists.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scowled
Verb
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Just inside the front door of a Circle K convenience store, the district manager glared at a small kiosk.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025
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New Amy spent the first season being glared at by most of the staff, because Old Amy was 10 times worse than that colleague who keeps reheating fish in the microwave.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Hunter-Torricke stared at the dead child and thought of his father.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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There on the wall, a picture of Verlander stared at them.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Historically, archaeologists have wondered about this tradition, often frowned upon by Western audiences.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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The group is frowned upon by the Orthodox community, and was not mentioned in the biographical information put out in the mayor’s announcement.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Scowled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scowled. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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