be sullen (verb)

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• lour, lower — ▶ verb SCOWL, frown, look sullen, glower, glare, give someone black looks, look daggers, look angry; informal give someone dirty looks. Opposites smile …   Useful english dictionary

• silence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 quietness ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy, long, prolonged ▪ brief, momentary, a moment s, short ▪ There was a mome …   Collocations dictionary

• sulk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. be sullen, pout, mope; grumble, gripe, grouch. See irascibility, rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scowl, pout, frown, be sullen, be morose, be silent, glower, lower, gripe*, grouse*. III (Roget s …   English dictionary for students

• mood — I n. state of mind 1) an angry; bad, foul; bellicose; bilious; festive, holiday; genial, good, happy, jovial, joyful; melancholy; mellow; mercurial; nostalgic; pensive; resentful; sullen; tranquil mood 2) in a mood (in a good mood) II n. verb… …   Combinatory dictionary

• gloom — c.1300 as a verb, to look sullen or displeased, perhaps from Scandinavian (Cf. Norw. dialectal glome to stare somberly ). Not considered to be related to O.E. glom twilight, but perhaps to M.L.G. glum turbid, Du. gluren to leer. The noun is 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

• low|er — low|er1 «LOH uhr», verb, adjective, adverb. –v.t. 1. to let down or haul down: »We lower the flat at night. 2. to make lower: »to lower the water in a canal, to lower the volume of the radio, Figurative. to lower the price of a car, to lower the… …   Useful english dictionary

• crab — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz crab and perhaps to Old English ceorfan to carve more at carve Date: before 12th century 1. plural crabs also crab any of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mump — I. ˈməmp, dial Eng “ or ˈmu̇mp verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: probably of imitative origin transitive verb chiefly dialect : mumble ladies who mump their passion Oliver Goldsmith …   Useful english dictionary

• glower — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English (Scots) glowren; akin to Middle Low German glūren to be overcast, Middle Dutch gloeren to leer Date: 15th century to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger II. noun Date: 1715 a sullen brooding …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• glower — [ glaʊə] verb have an angry or sullen look on one s face; scowl. noun an angry or sullen look. Derivatives glowering adjective gloweringly adverb Origin C15: perh. a Scots var. of dialect glore, or from obs. glow to stare , both possibly of Scand …   English new terms dictionary

• glower — ► VERB ▪ have an angry or sullen look on one s face; scowl. ► NOUN ▪ an angry or sullen look. ORIGIN perhaps a Scots variant of dialect glore, or from obsolete glow to stare , both possibly Scandinavian …   English terms dictionary