glowering, ppl. a.
(ˈglaʊərɪŋ)
[f. glower v. + -ing2.]
That glowers.
| 1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 98 Na, glowrand, gaipand fule, thow art begyld. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 493 With atrie visage and with glowrand ene. a 1791 Pegge Derbicisms 102 Glowring, gloomy. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 128 Only see Mullion's een—how gleg and glowrin in perfect greed and glory. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. i, Sitting down..to stare at his glowering friend with his back to the fire. |
| Comb. 1877 Black Green Past. xx, An invitation to dine with this thick-headed and glowering-eyed Scotchman. |
Hence
ˈgloweringly adv.| 1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane II. xi. 287 The ladies..looked rather gloweringly upon the wretched Chilli. 1859 Dickens T. Two Cities i. v, The people..croaked over their scanty measures of thin wine and beer, and were gloweringly confidential together. |