Glare vs. Scowl — What's the Difference?

To stare fixedly and angrily.

An angry or bad-tempered expression

To shine intensely and blindingly

Frown in an angry or bad-tempered way

To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively

To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval.

To express by staring angrily

To express (displeasure, for example) with a frowning facial expression.

A fierce or angry stare.

A look of anger or frowning disapproval.

An intense, blinding light

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness

(by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.

(intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

(transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

An angry or fierce stare.

(transitive) To express by a scowl.

(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.

(intransitive) To shine brightly.

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

A facial expression of dislike or displeasure

Smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Frown with displeasure

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

A fierce, piercing look or stare.

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.

Smooth and bright or translucent; - used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

Great brightness;

An angry stare

A focus of public attention;

Look at with a fixed gaze;

Be sharply reflected;

Shine intensely;