radiate vs scowl

radiate

verb
  • To illuminate. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii. 

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

adj
  • Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture. 

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated. 

  • Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers. 

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

scowl

verb
  • To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. 

  • To express by a scowl. 

  • To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. 

  • To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown. 

noun
  • The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. 

  • Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. 

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