Definition
• | To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. |
• | Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. |
• | To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. |
• | To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance. |
• | The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. |
• | Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. |