glower
Stare with hostility
To glower is to stare with sullen anger or resentment—a look darker than a frown but short of a glare.
The face tightens, the brows lower: He glowered at the interruption.
As a noun, a glower is the look itself: She fixed him with a glower that could curdle milk.
Angry facial expression
- frownDisapproving facial expression
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- sneerScornful expression
- poutSulky facial expression
furrowed brow · dark look · dirty look · stink eye · black look · sullen · morose · dour
Angry facial expression
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- furyIntense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
resentment · hostility · ire · indignation · vexation · exasperation · bitterness · animosity
Fierce stare or brightness
- gazeFixed, intent look
- peerOne of similar standing
- fixRepair or solution
- stare downDefeat by sustained gaze
eyeball · regard · piercing · penetrating · steely · unblinking · intense · burning
Expressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
ominous · foreboding · malevolent · fearsome · daunting · grim · dire · warning
Hostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- disdainScornful disregard
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
rebuke · criticism · condemnation · judgment · dissatisfaction · displeasure · disfavor · skepticism
scowl
Angry facial expression
pout · furrowed brow · dark look · dirty look · stink eye · black look · sullen · morose · dour · glum
scowl
Angry facial expression
wrath · resentment · hostility · ire · indignation · vexation · exasperation · bitterness · animosity · displeasure
glare
Fierce stare or brightness
stare down · eyeball · regard · piercing · penetrating · steely · unblinking · intense · burning · hard look
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
sinister · ominous · foreboding · malevolent · fearsome · daunting · grim · dire · warning · dark
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
censure · rebuke · criticism · condemnation · judgment · dissatisfaction · displeasure · disfavor · skepticism · derision
- facial expressionssmiling, smile, grin, grinning, frown
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown