different between ghastly vs glower

English

Etymology

From a conflation of a derivation of Old English g?stan (“to torment, frighten”) with the suffix -lic, and ghostly (which was also spelt "gastlich" in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with 'gh' developed 16th century due to the conflation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????s(t).li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æs(t).li/

Adjective

ghastly (comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest)

1. Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

     Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
2. Horrifyingly shocking.
3. Extremely bad.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
• (horrifyingly shocking): lurid

Translations

Adverb

ghastly (not comparable)

1. In a ghastly manner.
   • 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:

     Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"

English

Etymology 1

From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English gl?ren, 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”), Middle Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. See more at glare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??la??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?.?(?)
• Hyphenation: glow?er

Verb

glower (third-person singular simple present glowers, present participle glowering, simple past and past participle glowered)

1. (intransitive) To look or stare with anger. [from late 15th c.]

Synonyms

• glare
• scowl

Translations

Noun

glower (plural glowers)

1. An angry glare or stare. [from late 15th c.]

Alternative forms

• glour
• glowr (obsolete)

Synonyms

• glare
• scowl

Derived terms

• glowerer
• glowering (noun)
• gloweringly

Translations

See also

• frown

Etymology 2

From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l???(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??lo??(?)/
• Rhymes: -???(?)
• Hyphenation: glow?er

Noun

glower (plural glowers)

1. That which glows or emits light.

References

Further reading

• Nernst glower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gowler, reglow