All 4 Uses of
glower
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- Juanita's demand was reinforced by the universal glower.†
Chpt 7 *glower = stare angrily
- Miss Villets emphatically stamped a date in the front of "Frank on the Lower Mississippi" for a small flaxen boy, glowered at him as though she were stamping a warning on his brain, and sighed: "I wouldn't put myself forward or criticize any one for the world, and Vida is one of my best friends, and such a splendid teacher, and there is no one in town more advanced and interested in all movements, but I must say that no matter who the president or the committees are, Vida Sherwin seems to be behind them all the time, and though she is always telling me about what she is pleased to call my 'fine work in the library,' I notice that I'm not often called on for papers, though Mrs. Lyman Cass onc†
Chpt 11glowered = stared angrily
- He glowered at her like a downy young owl.†
Chpt 29
- He glowered at her with shrewd red eyes.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(glower) to stare angrily
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, glower can refer to a dim glow or emission of light.