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glowering

glowering noun: the act of giving a glower. Also the present participle and gerund of glower.

Noun

glowering (plural glowerings)

  1. The act of giving a glower.
    • But after much whispering, cross looks from Caroline and Jane, warning glowerings from John, Sam was not chosen. He was left unselected and Mrs Firth told Sam sharply to go into Adam's team 'to make even numbers'.2001, Roger J. Green, Cuckoos, page 60

Also used as

glowering is also the present participle and gerund of glower.

Forms of glowering

pluralglowerings

Words formed from glowering

Questions about glowering

What does glowering mean?
Glowering means the act of giving a glower.
What part of speech is glowering?
Glowering is a noun.
What is the plural of glowering?
The plural of glowering is glowerings.

Words near glowering in the dictionary

  1. glowedst
  2. glower
  3. glowered
  4. glowerer
  5. glowerers
  6. glowering
  7. gloweringly
  8. glowerings
  9. glowers
  10. glowersome
  11. glowery

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