scowl

Meanings

Noun

• The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
• Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
• Old workings of iron ore.

Verb

• To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
• To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
• To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
• To express by a scowl.

Origin

• From Middle English scowlen, scoulen, skoulen (also as Middle English schoulen), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skule, Norwegian skule.