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Scowling definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCOWL'ING, ppr. contracting the brows into wrinkles; frowning; expressing displeasure or sullenness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sullen or unfriendly in appearance [syn: beetle-browed, scowling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scowl Scowl (skoul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scowled (skould); p. pr. & vb. n. Scowling.] [Akin to Dan. skule; cf. Icel. skolla to skulk, LG. schulen to hide one's self, D. schuilen, G. schielen to squint, Dan. skele, Sw. skela, AS. sceolh squinting. Cf. Skulk.] 1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. --Spenser. 2. Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. ``The scowling heavens.'' --Thomson.