GLOWER Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈglau̇(-ə)r

Definition of glower

as in to glare

to look with anger or disapproval baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose

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as in to darken

to take on a gloomy or forbidding look the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company

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noun

as in glare

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Balagov is indisputably a filmmaker with his own distinctive vision, ideally matched with Evgueni and Sacha Galperine’s glowering score and with Fray’s nimble shooting style, which often takes its cue to get in close from the knotted bodies on the wrestling mats. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 In another Pratt video, the Republican hopeful suits up as Batman and overthrows the corrupt court of incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass; sitting in her throne, glowering at peasants, she’s pelted with tomatoes that smudge her Joker facepaint. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 13 May 2026

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Mike, now played with a friendly glower by the bald and barrel-chested Chiklis, is a construction-site foreman, married for decades to Eileen (Mary Stuart Masterson), with several grown children. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025 Having finagled an invite from Prater’s steely assistant, Charley (Uma Thurman, sporting an asymmetrical bob and a disgusted glower), Dexter infiltrates the group looking for villains to bring to his kill table. — EW.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for glower

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Still no Mohamed Salah replacement, still no holding midfielder, and still no full-back reinforcements, despite the glaring weakness in both positions.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
This is, of course, projection; eagles are always glaring suspiciously.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of glare

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Saturn is evident for much of the night, appearing low in the eastern sky as the sky darkens and reaching its highest point in the southern sky soon after midnight.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
During a partial lunar eclipse that peaked just after midnight on Friday, Earth’s shadow darkened parts of the moon’s visible surface.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of darken

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Winner of the Best Actress prize at Sarajevo after premiering in the Berlinale’s Perspectives section, the film has a bleak, unflinching gaze that sometimes skims the edges of shock-value miserablism.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Anton, whose gaze at the couple can only be described as wistful.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Circled by a verdant reproduction of an enchanted forest, and dressed in a black swan-like two-piece by Ann Demeulemeester, Zardoya held the audience captive with her purring soprano and vampy stare.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The portrait in question, simply titled Roy Cohn, captures the lawyer’s striking outward stare and scar-split nose head on, surrounded by a black backdrop, a signature of Mapplethorpe’s images during the final decade of his life.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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