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glower (verb, noun):
verb
: to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger
noun
: a sullen brooding look of annoyance or anger
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : We send this word, glower, out to the glaring grumps, the scowling scoundrels, and the pouting pessimists of the world. Its gloomy roots grow in Scotland, where glower (or glowren, to use the older Scottish form of the word) has been used since the late Middle Ages. Originally, the word meant simply “to look intently” or “to stare in amazement,” but by the late 1700s, glowering stares were being associated with anger instead of astonishment. We can offer no explanation for this semantic development, but we will submit that in its evolved form it reminds us of an older and unrelated English word: lower (it rhymes with flower) means “to frown or look sullen.”
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