glare1
[glair]
- a very harsh, bright, dazzling light: in the glare of sunlight.
- a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
- dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.
- to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light.
- to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look.
- Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively.
- to express with a glare: They glared their anger at each other.
Origin of glare1
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English glaren; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren; akin to glass (compare Old English glæren glassy); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. flare, glitter, flash. 4. See shine1. 5. Glare, glower, gloat all have connotations of emotion that accompany an intense gaze. To glare is to look piercingly or angrily: A tiger glares at its prey. To glower is to look fiercely and threateningly, as from wrath; it suggests a scowl along with a glare: to glower at a mischievous child. To gloat meant originally to look with exultation, avaricious or malignant, on something or someone: a tyrant gloating over the helplessness of his victim. Today, however, it may simply imply inner exultation.
glare2
[glair]
- a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.
Origin of glare2
First recorded in 1560–70; special use of glare1
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Examples from the Web for glare
Contemporary Examples
One proof of that is in the Muslims who now come and go from the ground zero mosque without receiving so much as a glare.
Due to the glare of the sun I was unable to tell if the persons were male or female.
Now stare at the bright screen for a few minutes, giving your open eye plenty of time to adjust to the glare.
In 2009 he published a series of photographs with captions from his life, Snapshots in History's Glare.
Some people stared in curiosity, some in amazement, and others in judgment, so it was interesting to get that glare.
Jared Leto on His Brilliant Performance as a Transsexual in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’Marlow Stern
September 10, 2013
Historical Examples
Then he ventured into the heat and glare of Broadway where humanity stewed and wilted.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
He bent his head forward challengingly, to meet the glare of his accuser's eyes.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Carlotta's eyes were blinded for a moment by the glare of the house lights.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
They would have stiffened in astonishment could they have translated the "glare."
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
The first look that they gave at the upper world was a glare of wrath and defiance.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
glare1
- (intr) to stare angrily; glower
- (tr) to express by glowering
- (intr) (of light, colour, etc) to be very bright and intense
- (intr) to be dazzlingly ornamented or garish
- an angry stare
- a dazzling light or brilliance
- garish ornamentation or appearance; gaudiness
Word Origin
C13: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch glaren to gleam; probably related to Old English glæren glassy; see glass
glare2
- mainly US and Canadian smooth and glassyglare ice
Word Origin
C16: special use of glare 1
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Word Origin and History for glare
v.
late 13c., "shine brightly," from or related to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren "to gleam," related by rhoticization to glas (see glass). Sense of "stare fiercely" is from late 14c. The noun is c.1400 in sense "bright light;" 1660s in sense of "fierce look." Old English glær (n.) meant "amber." Related: Glared; glaring.
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