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Define the word glowering

"Glowering" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
   to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
   --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]

"glowering" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

glowering \glowering\ adj.
   having a cheerless aspect or disposition.

   Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
        [WordNet 1.5]

"glowering" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

glowering
     adj : showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
           proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum,
           hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose
           and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost
           misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour
           temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glum,
            moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]

"glowering" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "glowering":
   beetle-browed, black, black-browed, dark, dejected, dour, dumpish,
   frowning, glum, grim, grum, lowering, melancholy, moodish, moody,
   mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish, scowling, sulky, sullen,
   surly