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Plural of scowl

regular plural

The plural of scowl is scowls.

Forms of scowl

Singularscowl /skaʊl/
Pluralscowls
Countablecountable

Scowls in a sentence

  • He happens to be looking in their direction and scowls at them.1922, J. Hartley Manners, The National Anthem: A Drama, page 76. From the entry don't look now
  • My young interpreter scowls, inserting into her translation her own memories of six-hour queues to buy milk, and of the feared Securitate secret police.1999 December 19, Chris Stephen, The Observer. From the entry Securitate

Meaning of scowl

  1. noun The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  2. noun Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
  3. verb To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

Full definition of scowl

Questions about the plural of scowl

What is the plural of scowl?
The plural of scowl is scowls.
Is scowl countable?
Scowl is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scowl (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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