"glowersome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more glowersome [comparative], most glowersome [superlative]
Etymology: From glower + -some. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|glower|-some}} glower + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} glowersome (comparative more glowersome, superlative most glowersome)
  1. (dated) Involving a glower (an angry glare or stare); sullen, gloomy. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-glowersome-en-adj-PmVDMK-H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "1926 November 23, Damon Runyon, “The Hall-Mills Case”, in Trials and Other Tribulations, Philadelphia, P.A.: J. B. Lippincott Company, published 1947, page 66",
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          "ref": "1944, May Justus, Banjo Billy and Mr. Bones, Chicago, I.L.: Albert Whitman & Company, page 25",
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