glower
glow·er/ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/verb, noun
glower is spelled G-L-O-W-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (glow·er). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, glower means “To look or stare with anger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in glower?
| Letters | 6: G-L-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: glow·er |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glower?
Glower appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glower?
- US /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/
As a noun (“That which glows or emits light”): /ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/.
Glower has 2 syllables, split glow·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En_US_Glower.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glower_2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glower
- glowers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- glowering participle, present
- glowered participle, past
- glour
- glowr
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To look or stare with anger.
noun
- 1
An angry glare or stare.
She sure has an awful glower on her face.
- 2
That which glows or emits light.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lancer un regard noir , regard noir |
| German | ärgerlich ansehen, finster ansehen |
| Spanish | mirar con ceño , ceño fruncido, mirada amenazadora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glower come from?
From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. By surface analysis, glow + -er (fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).