GLOWERING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

glowering 1 of 2

adjective

as in frowning

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glowering

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verb

present participle of glower

as in glaring

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 darkening

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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Walking around in the mud and glowering at the neighbors is not my idea of a good time. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 Corey Stoll plays a glowering boss baddie, the kind of villain even Iron Man 2 couldn’t take seriously. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026 Dennis is meanwhile back at home, probably glowering, knowing again how this story ends. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 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 Muhammad Ali glowering over a fallen Sonny Liston in 1965? — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 His ever-glowering face on the sideline has sparked countless memes and has come to personify the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense manner in which these Hoosiers have rocketed through the sport in just two seasons. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowering

Adjective

Balogun then looked over at a frowning Ream, who had just finished urging his teammates to be sure to stop and smell the flowers along this World Cup journey.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Definition of frowning

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Seattle's offensive woes also were glaring on third down, with Seattle converting just three times in 14 tries against Denver.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
The absence of Tom Hagen is glaring, as is the loss of Sonny Corleone, whose death in the original film deprived the third installment of another defining character from the Corleone family.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of glaring

Verb

But the security backdrop in the Strait of Hormuz is darkening even as rates fall.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The neutral palette feels a little more friendly and relaxed rather than dark and serious, which adds a certain brightness back into the rapidly darkening days.

— Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of darkening

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Before ChatGPT came on the scene, chipmakers were staring at a post-COVID chip glut.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Taken roughly two decades after her prison ordeal, the image reveals a still formidable figure, a woman unbroken by countless trials, staring straight into the camera’s lens.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of staring

Adjective

At the end of all that immersiveness, exiting out onto the physical street to join the crowds of shuffling tourists and fend off sullen Elmos makes Times Square feel like the soul of authenticity.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Shortly after the invasion of London begins, the capital is under rebel control, so what is this previously quiet and sullen teenage King to do?

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

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