{
    "term": "scowl",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "scowl",
            "heSheIt": "scowls"
        },
        "pastSimple": "scowled",
        "pastParticiple": "scowled",
        "ingForm": "scowling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look at somebody/something in an angry or annoyed way",
            "sensetop": "scowl (at somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The receptionist scowled at me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I scowled at them before stalking out of the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His eyes scowled down at her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scowled darkly and muttered something under her breath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I want a word with you,’ he said, scowling."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["angrily", "darkly", "deeply"],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊl/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowl__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊlz/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowls__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊld/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskaʊlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊl/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowl__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊlz/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowls__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaʊld/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskaʊlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scowl/scowling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish skule ‘scowl’. The noun dates from the early 16th cent."
}