Glowerer

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who scowls or frowns in an angry or sullen manner
2. someone displaying displeasure or annoyance through a fixed, threatening expression
3. an individual characterized by a visible sense of hostility expressed through their facial demeanor

Etymology: "Glowerer" is about as plain as English word-building gets: it takes "glower," a verb meaning to stare with a fierce or sullen frown, and adds the agent suffix "-er," which turns a verb into the name of whoever performs its action. A glowerer is simply one who glowers, so the word needs no hidden history to explain it. The more interesting thread runs through the base word. "Glower" has a sense of gazing intently that the modern scowl has largely overtaken, so the emphasis has shifted from looking to the grim expression that accompanies it. The suffix itself is the same one found in "baker" and "singer," which is why the word reads so transparently.

Synonyms: frown, scowl, gloom, sulk, pout