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lour

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaʊə/Part of speech verbSorted loruStarts with LEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Word origin

The verb is derived from Middle English louren, lour, loure (“to frown or scowl; to be dark or overcast; to droop, fade, wither; to lurk, skulk”), probably from Old English *lūran, *lūrian, from Proto-Germanic *lūraną (“to lie in wait, lurk”).

Used in a sentence

  • [...] Juno took her place: But ſullen Diſcontent ſat lowring on her Face.
  • And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech, / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours, / Nor less he smiles, nor more his forehead lours / Than these were wont; [...]
  • Their lank black hair hung round their black visages; and the only points of relief in the wild countenance which loured from under their strange head-dresses, were the dark, piercing eyes, and the white teeth.

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