Scowl - meaning and definition. What is Scowl
Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary
Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

  • how the word is used
  • frequency of use
  • it is used more often in oral or written speech
  • word translation options
  • usage examples (several phrases with translation)
  • etymology

What (who) is Scowl - definition

FACIAL EXPRESSION IN WHICH THE EYEBROWS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, AND THE FOREHEAD IS WRINKLED, USUALLY INDICATING DISPLEASURE, SADNESS OR WORRY, OR LESS OFTEN CONFUSION OR CONCENTRATION.
Frowning; 😦; 🙍; Down-turned mouth; Scowl; 🙁; Sad face; Frowns; Sad Face; ☹️; 🙍🏻; 🙍🏼; 🙍🏽; 🙍🏾; 🙍🏿; 🙍‍♂️; 🙍🏻‍♂️; 🙍🏼‍♂️; 🙍🏽‍♂️; 🙍🏾‍♂️; 🙍🏿‍♂️; 🙍‍♀️; 🙍🏻‍♀️; 🙍🏼‍♀️; 🙍🏽‍♀️; 🙍🏾‍♀️; 🙍🏿‍♀️
  • Photographs of frowning and crying children from ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]'' (1872) by [[Charles Darwin]]
  • Illustration of [[facial muscles]] and other tissue of the lateral [[human head]] and [[neck]]

scowl         
v. (D; intr.) to scowl at
scowl         
(scowls, scowling, scowled)
When someone scowls, an angry or hostile expression appears on their face.
He scowled, and slammed the door behind him...
She scowled at the two men as they entered the room.
VERB: V, V at n
Scowl is also a noun.
Chris met the remark with a scowl.
N-COUNT
Scowl         
·noun Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
II. Scowl ·vt To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
III. Scowl ·vt To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
IV. Scowl ·vi Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to Lower.
V. Scowl ·vi To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
VI. Scowl ·noun The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Wikipedia

Frown

A frown (also known as a scowl) is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. An alternative usage in North America is thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase, especially in the United States, to "turn that frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to happy.

Examples of use of Scowl
1. Campbell‘s downturned lips forever scowl in contempt for us all.
2. Every scowl and limb movement broadcast his outrage.
3. His occasional scowl contrasts sharply with Allen‘s rosy–cheeked smile.
4. They no longer had to face the woman‘s angry scowl or phone her from their cars.
5. Suddenly the scowl is transformed into a Cannes Film Festival smile.