scowl

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: skoul, IPA: /skaʊl/, X-SAMPA: /skaUl/

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• Rhymes: -aʊl

Noun

scowl (plural scowls)

1. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
2. Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

Derived terms

• scowly, scowlly

Translations

wrinkling of the brows or face

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皺眉 (cmn), 皱眉 (cmn) (zhòuméi)

• Czech: zakabonění se (cs)
• French: froncement (fr) m
• German: Strinrunzeln (de) n

• Irish: púic (ga) f
• Italian: cipiglio (it)
• Russian: нахмуренность (ru) (naxmúrennostʹ) f
• Spanish: ceño (es) m

gloom; dark or threatening aspect

• Finnish: vihainen katse, mulkaisu

Verb

scowl (third-person singular simple present scowls, present participle scowling, simple past and past participle scowled)

1. (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
   • Spenser

     She scowled and frowned with froward countenance.

2. (intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
   • Thomson

     The scowling heavens.

3. (intransitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

   to scowl a rival into submission

4. (transitive) To express by a scowl.

   to scowl defiance

Translations

to wrinkle the brows

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皺眉 (cmn), 皱眉 (cmn) (zhòuméi)

• Czech: kabonit se (cs), zamračit se (cs)
• Finnish: kurtistaa (fi)
• French: froncer (fr), froncer les sourcils (fr)
• German: die Stirn runzeln
• Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω (el) (agriokoitázo)
• Italian: accigliarsi (it)

• Japanese: 顰める (ja) (しかめる, shikameru, ひそめる, hisomeru), にらむ (ja) (niramu)
• Romanian: încrunta (ro)
• Russian: хмурить брови (xmúritʹ bróvi) impf., нахмурить брови (naxmúritʹ bróvi) pf., хмуриться (ru) (xmúritʹsja) impf., нахмуриться (ru) (naxmúritʹsja) pf., морщить лоб (mórščitʹ lob) impf., наморщить лоб (namórščitʹ lob) pf., морщиться (ru) (mórščitʹsja) impf., наморщиться (ru) (namórščitʹsja) pf.
• Spanish: fruncir el ceño (es) m

to look gloomy

• Russian: хмуриться (ru) (xmúritʹsja) impf., нахмуриться (ru) (naxmúritʹsja) pf.

to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown

• Finnish: katsoa vihaisesti, mulkaista

• Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω (el) (agriokoitázo)

to express by a scowl

• Finnish: ärähtää (fi)

• Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω (el) (agriokoitázo)

Anagrams

• cowls