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Scowled

Scowl \Scowl\ (skoul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scowled (skould); p. pr. & vb. n. Scowling.] [Akin to Dan. skule; cf. Icel. skolla to skulk, LG. schulen to hide one's self, D. schuilen, G. schielen to squint, Dan. skele, Sw. skela, AS. sceolh squinting. Cf. Skulk.]

  1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

    She scowled and frowned with froward countenance.
    --Spenser.

  2. Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. ``The scowling heavens.''
    --Thomson.

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scowled

vb. (en-past of: scowl)

Usage examples of "scowled".

My uncle scowled as he scanned the scrap of parchment, and then he glanced ominously at me.

Big Voice scowled and crossed his arms as if to say he'd assumed all along the humans would back away at the last minute.

Bisman saw the lights activate, and scowled, but he didn't stop running.

She paused, scowled, lifted her hand to adjust dials, at first calmly, but when nothing seemed to improve, she thumped the screen in several places.

He scowled at his record book, which contained the schedules for the port and kept track of the whereabouts of the vehicles-both of them.

Sean scowled fiercely, waiting for the widespread laugh that was expected at the notion of any other dragon but Carenath flying Faranth.

Z'gal went into a laughing fit which annoyed T'sen, who scowled and kept pushing it to P'tero.

F'lon scowled in mock disgust as he stripped off the close-fitting riding helmet.

He scowled as if annoyed for his friend, and was careful not to look in Menolly's direction.

Felleck scowled, but he took the pail Giron gave him and began scooping grain into the sack that the dragonless man held open.

She did not bother to conceal her approval and scowled fiercely at Toric.

He scowled at the unresponsive screen and the green pulse winking in the corner.

Then Bendarek scowled, noticing a poorly mitered edge and nails that had been badly sunk.

The Weyrleader scowled deeply, for once annoyed to be constrained by that tradition.

The holder scowled, his thick black brows coming together across the wide bridge of his thick nose.