as in grimace
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval
the man across the street never seems to wear anything but a scowl
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Recent Examples of scowl
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 July 2024
Does slapping Pattinson’s scowling face on the phenomenon lead us to see it any differently?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Dave comes off like a human scowl, and requires little of Liu besides completely tamping down any sense of natural charisma the Shang-Chi star has.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
For Halloween, Rick showed up wearing the same shirt Blake always wore, scowled and walked around with a Monster drink all night long.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 July 2024
Does slapping Pattinson’s scowling face on the phenomenon lead us to see it any differently?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scowl
Noun
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Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As the Los Angeles Lakers get ready to fully embrace the offseason, the roster has one big glaring need.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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When Chuan buys Jay a shirt, the glaring class difference between the boys is unspoken: Jay, whose father is a mathematics professor, lives in the capital and is presumed to have a middle-class future that will include a college degree and a white-collar job.—
Ilana Masad,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Shuffling feet, frowns or darting eyes signal discomfort and anxiety.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Below are some of the stocks JPMorgan frowns on: Vaccine maker Novavax is rated underweight by JPMorgan analysts.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, Cauley was staring at a long road to recovery.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Things began to get chippy in the bottom half of the fifth after OSU’s Trent Caraway stared Sloan down after drawing a two-out walk.—
Alyssa Cooper,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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“Scowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scowl. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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