as in frowning
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as in glaring
to look with anger or disapproval
scowled down at the misbehaving child
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Recent Examples of scowling
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 June 2026
Modern tiki tends to take a lighter touch, using more abstract graphics, less imagery of women and scowling gods.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
But there’s more to Brind’Amour than the person fans see screaming and scowling behind the bench or stomping around the dressing room in a postwin video looking like some combination of Godzilla and Chris Farley’s famous Matt Foley character.
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Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
My sister was scowling and pacing the path outside my mother’s flat.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
He was picked up first on meth charges on May 14, 1986, according to news reports and a San Francisco police booking photo, which shows him in a blue hoodie scowling into the camera.
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Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Then there was that image circulating in the bowels of the internet that showed a man who looked exactly like JD scowling at an unidentifiable brunette woman in a restaurant.
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Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
Grejo sank scowling back into his chair as though stung by Adi’s answer.
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Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.
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Keith O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Verb
As a 7-year-old, I’d entertain my father’s friends, at their weekly pickup game at a Bronx barn-house gymnasium, by imitating his game face—bottom lip jutting, eyes scowling.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 June 2026
Modern tiki tends to take a lighter touch, using more abstract graphics, less imagery of women and scowling gods.
—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
But there’s more to Brind’Amour than the person fans see screaming and scowling behind the bench or stomping around the dressing room in a postwin video looking like some combination of Godzilla and Chris Farley’s famous Matt Foley character.
—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
My sister was scowling and pacing the path outside my mother’s flat.
—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
He was picked up first on meth charges on May 14, 1986, according to news reports and a San Francisco police booking photo, which shows him in a blue hoodie scowling into the camera.
—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Then there was that image circulating in the bowels of the internet that showed a man who looked exactly like JD scowling at an unidentifiable brunette woman in a restaurant.
—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
Grejo sank scowling back into his chair as though stung by Adi’s answer.
—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.
—
Keith O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scowling
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.
Verb
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The Knicks' championship parade will conclude at City Hall, where fans will be met with a glaring mistake.
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Taking Ament would require belief that the shooting and strength questions are developmental hurdles, not glaring red flags.
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.
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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.
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“Scowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scowling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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