scowl noun she stamped into the room with a scowl on her face: frown, glower, glare, grimace, black look; informal dirty look, death stare; Scottish archaic glunch. ANTONYMS  smile, grinverb she scowled at him defiantly: glower, frown, glare, lour, look daggers at, look angrily at, give someone a black look; make a face, pull a face, turn the corners of one’s mouth down, pout; informal give someone a dirty look, give someone a death stare; informal, mainly North American give someone the stink eye; archaic mop and mow, glout; Scottish archaic glunch. ANTONYMS  smile, grin, beam