aglare

[ uh-glair ]

adjective

1. glaring; glaring; blazing:

   The sky was aglare with spotlights.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aglare¹

First recorded in 1870–75; a- ¹ + glare ¹

Example Sentences

His eyes were aglare with a terrible rage and hate; he stepped backward a little, bending his right arm, spreading the fingers.

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In imagination I can see your great ship, with all its portholes aglare, ploughing across the darkness to America.

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At three in the morning Port of Spain woke up, all aglare with the blaze six miles away to the north-west.

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Above, the whole sky was aglare with its wavering red reflections.

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The high Balsam peaks were shaken by thunder and aglare with lightning.

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