glower at
glower at (someone or something)
To look at someone or something with anger or disapproval. She won't come out and say it, but I can tell she's angry by the way she's glowering at me. Julian glowered at his car when it failed to start. Hey, don't glower at me—I didn't turn you in to the teacher!
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glower at someone or something
to scowl intently at someone or something. The judge glowered at the irate witness until order was restored. Fred glowered at the painting of his uncle, hating the subject of the picture.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
And there's a headless man stalks up and down the path and skeletons
glower at you between the boughs.
Munchetty continued to
glower at him before breaking into a secret smile.
If she wants to
glower at the little brat, she will glower.
"It also has staff who don't
glower at you if you sit there too long and doesn't play loud music."
She adds: "Life's too short to
glower at a lettuce leaf."
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