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”).
Meanings
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
She made a scowl.
(broadly) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
Mr. Pynsent, who had asked Miss Amory to dance, came up on one occasion to claim her hand, but scowls of recognition having already passed between him and Mr. Arthur Pendennis in the dancing-room, Arthur suddenly rose up and claimed Miss Amory as his partner for the present dance […] 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
it cipiglio (wrinkling of the brows or face) · pt carranca (wrinkling of the brows or face) · cy cadwch (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fi mulkoilu (gloom; dark or threatening aspect) · cmn 皺眉 /皱眉 (wrinkling of the brows or face) · cs zakabonění se (wrinkling of the brows or face) · ga púic (wrinkling of the brows or face) · mi tukemata (wrinkling of the brows or face) · mk мурти се (wrinkling of the brows or face) · de Stirnrunzeln (wrinkling of the brows or face) · ru нахму́ренность (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fi synkkä ilme (gloom; dark or threatening aspect) · ar عُبُوس (wrinkling of the brows or face) · ja しかめる (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fa دژبرویی (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fi murjotus (gloom; dark or threatening aspect) · fr froncement (wrinkling of the brows or face) · ca front arrufat (wrinkling of the brows or face) · uk насупленість (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fi kurtistus (wrinkling of the brows or face) · cs zamračený výraz (wrinkling of the brows or face) · cs zamračení (wrinkling of the brows or face) · pt cenho (wrinkling of the brows or face) · ca mirada amenaçadora (gloom; dark or threatening aspect) · sv bister uppsyn (wrinkling of the brows or face) · bg намръщване (wrinkling of the brows or face) · fi murjotus (wrinkling of the brows or face)
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”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35:
(broadly, intransitive) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
The scowling heavens. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
(transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
to scowl a rival into submission
(transitive) To express by a scowl.
to scowl defiance
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Translations (42)
de düster dreinblicken (to look gloomy) · ca etzibar (to express by a scowl) · ca fer una mala mirada (to look gloomy) · el αγριοκοιτάζω (to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown) · pt franzir o cenho (to wrinkle the brows) · ru мо́рщиться (to wrinkle the brows) · bg мръщя се (to wrinkle the brows) · ru хму́рить бро́ви (to wrinkle the brows) · ru хму́риться (to wrinkle the brows) · ca arrufar les celles (to wrinkle the brows) · fi julmistella (to look gloomy) · de finster blicken (to look gloomy) · gl enfurruñar (to wrinkle the brows) · ru нахму́риться (to look gloomy) · fi mulkoilla (to express by a scowl) · cs zamračit se (to wrinkle the brows) · gl enfociñar (to wrinkle the brows) · mi whakapoururu (to look gloomy) · cmn 皺眉 /皱眉 (to wrinkle the brows) · el αγριοκοιτάζω (to express by a scowl) · ro încrunta (to wrinkle the brows) · fr froncer (to wrinkle the brows) · nl fronsen (to wrinkle the brows) · ca donar una mirada (to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown) · cs kabonit se (to wrinkle the brows) · fi murjottaa (to look gloomy) · it accigliarsi (to wrinkle the brows) · ru хму́риться (to look gloomy) · fi mulkoilla (to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown) · fi kurtistaa (to wrinkle the brows) · ja にらむ (to wrinkle the brows) · ar عَبَسَ (to look gloomy) · ru мо́рщить лоб (to wrinkle the brows) · it guardare in cagnesco (to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown) · fr froncer les sourcils (to wrinkle the brows) · ja 顰める (to wrinkle the brows) · ar عَبَسَ (to wrinkle the brows) · el αγριοκοιτάζω (to wrinkle the brows) · mi kōruru te rae (to wrinkle the brows) · fi murjottaa (to wrinkle the brows) · fi synkistellä (to look gloomy) · cs mračit se (to wrinkle the brows)
scowl en · NOUN · etymology 2
Meanings
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable) Old workings of iron ore.