glaring

[ glair-ing ]

adjective

1. shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.

   Synonyms: blinding

2. very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant:

   several glaring errors in spelling.

   Synonyms: patent, prominent

3. staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.
4. excessively showy or bright; garish.

   Synonyms: flashy, gaudy, loud

glaring

/ ˈɡlɛərɪŋ /

adjective

1. conspicuous

   a glaring omission

2. dazzling or garish

Derived Forms

• ˈglaringly, adverb
• ˈglaringness, noun

Other Words From

• glaring·ly adverb
• glaring·ness noun
• non·glaring adjective
• un·glaring adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glaring¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English: glare ¹, -ing ²

Synonym Study

See flagrant.

Example Sentences

Despite her loss of income, she wrote, “I thought it was right to strike a blow against a glaring evil and I did not regret it.”

From Washington Post

He noted that it is already challenging to persuade workers of color to trust the vaccine, given glaring inequities in American health care and the country’s history of medical mistreatment.

From Washington Post

The discrepancy is so glaring in South Carolina that the public health director, Brannon Traxler, affirmed Wednesday that the state is receiving its “fair and appropriate allocation.”

From Washington Post

That’s nearly one in every five, a severely disproportionate tally that becomes even more glaring with the knowledge that they account for only 16 of the series included in this year’s study.

From Washington Blade

NCAA tinkers with March Madness schedule, giving you another day to fill out your bracketThe most glaring discrepancy came from behind the arc, where Michigan made 12 of 24 attempts.

From Washington Post

He had a fine eye for moral hypocrisy, and I know that a glaring example of it would not have escaped his notice.

From The Daily Beast

Experts we spoke with said this is a glaring caveat that makes it difficult to create a national estimate from the results.

From The Daily Beast

In the face of those statistics, these two non-indictments are glaring.

From The Daily Beast

Now Oakley is probably a town no different than scores of others in most ways, with one glaring exception.

From The Daily Beast

"At present, there are no Latinos in the leadership of the Department of Justice, it's a glaring absence," he said.

From The Daily Beast

"Mind what I told you, Henery," he whispered very loud, glaring at Mr. Holmes.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor did we see aught of him during the next few minutes that we spent glaring at Bevans and the surrounding territory.

From Project Gutenberg

Pallid, Sir Lucien Pyne lay by the ebony chair glaring horribly upward.

From Project Gutenberg

One glaring color, or conspicuous article, would entirely mar the beauty of such a dress.

From Project Gutenberg

When the reform is directed at some glaring evil, something that makes us uncomfortable, then it goes through.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blatant
• conspicuous
• egregious
• flagrant
• noticeable
• outrageous