glare

[ glair ]

/ glɛər /

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noun

a very harsh, bright, dazzling light: in the glare of sunlight.

a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.

dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.

verb (used without object), glared, glar·ing.

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.

verb (used with object), glared, glar·ing.

to express with a glare: They glared their anger at each other.

OTHER WORDS FOR glare

1 flare, glitter, flash.

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Origin of glare

1250–1300; (verb) 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 verb

synonym study for glare

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM glare

glareless, adjective

Words nearby glare

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Other definitions for glare (2 of 2)

glare²

[ glair ]

/ glɛər /

noun

a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.

Origin of glare

First recorded in 1560–70; special use of glare¹

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How to use glare in a sentence

In the second that the light brushed across her face she squeezed her eyes shut against the glare, and you did too, a moment later, though the light hadn’t touched you.
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The two planets came equally close in 1623, but that phenomenon was impossible to see from Earth because of glare from the sun, he added.
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Because of the sun’s glare, astronomers couldn’t observe Phaethon when it was closest to the sun.
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Curved monitors are known to be susceptible to glare, so if you are only working with permanent lighting fixtures, it might be safer to go with a flat-screen.
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The anti-reflective coating cuts down on glare to make view ability even better.
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I find my glasses and look at Pimples over the rims with my best grounded-for-life glare.
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Linden Avenue is bright and empty in the blue glare of the street lamps.
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It seemed the party, which is mainly staffed by volunteers, was starting to crack under the pressure of the media glare.
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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.
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Due to the glare of the sun I was unable to tell if the persons were male or female.
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She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.
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It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
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Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.
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The long green blinds kept out the glare of the sunshine; and at first he saw the room but dimly.
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Another man who was in the room rose also, as if galvanized by the glare of the fierce blue eyes.
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British Dictionary definitions for glare (1 of 2)

glare¹

/ (ɡlɛə) /

verb

(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

noun

an angry stare

a dazzling light or brilliance

garish ornamentation or appearance; gaudiness

Derived forms of glare

glareless, adjectiveglary, adjective

Word Origin for glare

C13: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch glaren to gleam; probably related to Old English glæren glassy; see glass

British Dictionary definitions for glare (2 of 2)

glare²

/ (ɡlɛə) /

adjective

mainly US and Canadian smooth and glassyglare ice

Word Origin for glare

C16: special use of glare 1

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