1
as in to glare
to look with anger or disapproval
baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose
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2
as in to darken
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look
the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company
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Recent Examples of glower
Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Someone’s ancestors, perhaps his wife’s, glowered down at us from heavy golden frames.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
EW.com, 10 July 2025
Fast-forward to 2025 and the robot now has slightly different features, including a new more life-like hairdo and a facial expression closer to Trump's trademark glower.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
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Verb
His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Someone’s ancestors, perhaps his wife’s, glowered down at us from heavy golden frames.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
Noun
Having finagled an invite from Prater’s steely assistant, Charley (Uma Thurman, sporting an asymmetrical bob and a disgusted glower), Dexter infiltrates the group looking for villains to bring to his kill table.
—EW.com, 10 July 2025
Fast-forward to 2025 and the robot now has slightly different features, including a new more life-like hairdo and a facial expression closer to Trump's trademark glower.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glower
Verb
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In addition to ignoring glaring inconsistencies in the sole eyewitness account, Kuby said prosecutors illegally hid from the defense benefits provided to the girl’s mom and buried evidence identifying the true killer provided by informants, who came forward years after the trial.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Zuccarello's absence has been glaring.—
Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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This dimming was attributed to the Russia–Ukraine conflict in 2022, which triggered a regional energy crisis and caused European nights to darken dramatically.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Its charming glow is often visible even before the sky fully darkens, which is so fitting and poetic when considering both the planetary and astrological essence of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Her head slid down the leather headrest, neck tilting backward for more happiness to escape, clavicle bared to her husband’s confused gaze.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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By widening the lens, Clark is able to redirect the book’s gaze from the mother toward a quizzical, sometimes critical, but not unaffectionate portrait of two generations of political activism, with the attendant self-involvement and domestic negligence.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Leaving home without a hat, scarf, gloves, umbrella, and/or scowl.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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My sister was scowling and pacing the path outside my mother’s flat.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Levin has not denied paying for story tips, which is frowned upon by traditional journalism outlets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Mother frowned, then perked up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the office The stare doesn’t stop at the service counter.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Still as feisty as UConn baseball fans might remember him, the original AK touched 98 MPH and had a stare-down with Jac Caglianone after a hit by pitch.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Glower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glower. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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