elaborate glower grin subordinate sullen

Published Jul 18, 2020 [ English ]

elaborate

e·lab·o·rate2 /ɪˈlæbəreɪt/ verb

[intransitive and transitive] to give more details or new information about something

elaborate on

–elaboration noun [uncountable and countable]

glow·er /ˈɡlaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]

to look at someone in an angry way

glower at

–glower noun [countable

grin1 /ɡrɪn/ verb (past tense and past participle grinned, present participle grinning) [intransitive]

to smile widely
1. grin at
  1. She grinned at me, her eyes sparkling.
2. grin broadly/widely
  1. He walked out of the pool, grinning widely.
3. grin like
  1. He was grinning like an idiot (=grinning in a silly way)
4. grin from ear to ear (=grin very widely)
grin and bear it
1. to accept an unpleasant or difficult situation without complaining, usually because you realize there is nothing you can do to make it better

sub·or·di·nate1 AC /səˈbɔːdənət, səˈbɔːdɪnət $ -ˈbɔːr-/ adjective

in a less important position than someone else
1. a subordinate officer
2. subordinate to
  1. Women were subordinate to men.
less important than something else
1. subordinate to
  1. These aims were subordinate tot he main aims of the mission.

angry and silent, especially because you feel life has been unfair to you
1. Bill sat in sullen silence and refused to eat his lunch.
2. a look of sullen resentment
literary a sullen sky or sea is dark and looks as if bad whether is coming

–sullenly adverb –sullenness noun [uncountable]