as in glaring
to look with anger or disapproval
scowled down at the misbehaving child
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as in frowning
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Recent Examples of scowling
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
His Teddy is a skeevy, scowling hippie incel who seems to have burnt everything out of himself but the desire for vengeance.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scowling
Verb
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But, mirroring basically every year, there were glaring omissions.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a brief video snippet accompanying the post, Cyrus is seen in close-up staring directly into the camera while wearing what looks like surgical gauze around her chin and head as more white material is blown by a breeze around her face.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
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As her 3-year-old began moving and removing her hand from her face and staring across the restaurant, Ariana followed her daughter's eyes to see another man seated far away from them.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Scowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scowling. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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