scowl

Plural: scowls

Noun

a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
Old workings of iron ore.

Verb

Verb Forms: scowled, scowling, scowls

To frown in an angry or bad-tempered way.
frown with displeasure
To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
To express by a scowl.

Examples

She made a scowl.
to scowl a rival into submission
to scowl defiance
When his opponent challenged his word, he could only SCOWL in frustration.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule (“to scowl”), Norwegian skule (“to scowl”).

Synonyms

frown

Scrabble Score: 10

scowl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scowl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scowl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

scowl: valid Words With Friends Word