glaring
shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant: several glaring errors in spelling.
staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.
excessively showy or bright; garish.
Origin of glaring
1synonym study For glaring
Other words for glaring
Other words from glaring
- glar·ing·ly, adverb
- glar·ing·ness, noun
- non·glar·ing, adjective
- un·glar·ing, adjective
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How to use glaring in a sentence
The most glaring example was a lapse in coverage against tight end Evan Engram that allowed the Giants to take a 20-3 lead.
Washington football notes: Run-stop struggles, and the future at quarterback | Sam Fortier | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostThe point is that, yes, the Nationals could leap into the mix right now and address a glaring need.
The Blue Jays’ Robbie Ray signing could give the Nationals a template | Jesse Dougherty | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostYes, we in the commentariat do make mistakes, but analysts weren’t dumb in pointing out all of Quibi’s glaring, red-alert flaws.
Now that we also have Covid-19 to contend with, the problem is even more glaring.
The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County, where one of the most glaring and disturbing abuses of the database was recently revealed.
Sacramento Report: New Police Reform Committee Members Count Police Unions Among Donors | Sara Libby | September 25, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
And most glaringly, the fabulously wealthy woman professing to shoulder the burdens of the poor.
The glaringly obvious reason is that, upon her election to Parliament in April 2012, Suu Kyi became a politician.
He did specify a few changes—which apply only to legal immigrants and which are glaringly beside the main point.
Immigration Could Sink Mitt Romney Regardless of Supreme Court Rulings | Robert Shrum | June 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPresident Obama was also glaringly shortsighted in Los Cabos.
Obama and Felipe Calderón Blow Chance to Talk Substance at G-20 | John M. Ackerman | June 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf that tax is set too high, it can discourage even the most glaringly urgent transfers of control.
By this illustration the native ferocity of the eighteenth-century caricaturists is glaringly exemplified.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperLlewellyn might write for her: but it was glaringly impossible that the situation should lay itself so far open to Llewellyn.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanWhy the Hotel Bellevue hadnt any shade-trees in front; why it was so glaringly hot and dusty and brazen-faced, we didnt see.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrThe mass of yellow hair, newly-dyed, looked glaringly youthful and incongruous above it.
Six Women | Victoria CrossIt was glaringly hot, and when they reached the Casa Perucca, Denise asked the colonel to come in and rest.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for glaring
/ (ˈɡlɛərɪŋ) /
conspicuous: a glaring omission
dazzling or garish
Derived forms of glaring
- glaringly, adverb
- glaringness, noun
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