SCOWL
What does "SCOWL" mean?
To frown in an angry or sullen way, drawing the brows together.
Meanings
- To make an angry or bad-tempered facial expression. He scowled at the parking ticket on his windscreen.
- An angry or sullen frown. She answered with a scowl and a slammed door.
Word origin
From Middle English 'scoulen', probably of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish 'skule' ('to look down or sidelong, to scowl').
Remember it
SCOWL rhymes with 'growl' and 'howl' - the face that goes with both sounds.
A little poem
A scowl on the porch-
the mailman waves anyway,
and the brow unbends.
haiku
Wordplay
- What do you call a bird that's always frowning? A scowl - it's just an owl in a bad mood.
What it teaches
A scowl warns the world before you decide to; choose which feelings get a face.
Quick facts
What does SCOWL mean?
To frown in an angry or sullen way, drawing the brows together.
Is SCOWL a valid word?
Yes — SCOWL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCOWL?
SCOWL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCOWL come from?
From Middle English 'scoulen', probably of Scandinavian origin, related to Danish 'skule' ('to look down or sidelong, to scowl').
What can SCOWL teach us?
A scowl warns the world before you decide to; choose which feelings get a face.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.