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look daggers

VERB
frown
Synonyms
STRONGEST
glare glower grimace pout
STRONG
gloom lower sulk
WEAK
cloud up do a slow burn give a dirty look give the evil eye knit brows look black look stern
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grin smile
WEAK
approve condone encourage
VERB
glare
Synonyms
STRONGEST
frown gape gawk glower scowl stare
STRONG
bore fix gaze lower menace peer pierce wither
WEAK
do a slow burn stare angrily stare icily
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grin smile
STRONG
aid assist help
VERB
glower
Synonyms
STRONGEST
scowl
STRONG
glare gloom look lower stare sulk watch
Antonyms
STRONG
grin ignore overlook smile
VERB
rage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blow up boil over erupt rampage roar seethe tear
STRONG
bristle chafe fret fulminate fume overflow rant rave scold scream splutter steam storm surge yell
WEAK
be beside oneself be furious be uncontrollable blow a fuse blow one's top fly off the handle foam at the mouth go berserk have a fit have a tantrum let off steam make a fuss over rail at rant and rave snap at throw a fit work oneself into sweat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be calm
STRONG
be quiet compliment flatter praise
WEAK
be happy
VERB
threaten
Synonyms
STRONGEST
intimidate menace scare
STRONG
abuse admonish augur blackmail bluster browbeat bully caution comminate cow enforce forebode forewarn fulminate growl portend presage pressurize scowl snarl spook terrorize torment
WEAK
flex muscles make threat push around shake fist at walk heavy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
assist help
STRONG
approve commend compliment defend flatter please praise
WEAK
alleviate guard protect relieve save

Example Sentences

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For myself, having acquired only polite French, I can but "look daggers" when I am abused.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

You might look daggers at him for an hour and he would not notice it, and it would not trouble him if he did. 

From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

She had to dress her, and look daggers at her satin skin and royal neck, and to sit behind her an hour at a time combing and brushing her long golden hair.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various

Mrs. Barr, on this, ceased to look daggers and substituted icicles; but on the hateful beauty moving away, dropped the icicles, and resumed the poniards.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

They look daggers at me if I put my head into the schoolroom.'

From The Two Sides of the Shield by Yonge, Charlotte Mary