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   Glare

   /ɡler/

   

   verb

   • 1. stare in an angry or fierce way: "she glared at him, her cheeks flushing" Similar stare angrilyscowlglowerlook daggersfrownlourgive someone a black looklook threateningly/menacinglyinformal:give someone a dirty lookgive someone a death staregive someone the stink eyearchaic:gloutglunchOpposite smile
   • ▪ express (a feeling, especially defiance) by staring in an angry way: "he glared defiance at the pistols pointing down at him"
   • 2. (of the sun or an electric light) shine with a strong or dazzling light: "the sun glared out of a clear blue sky" Similar blazebe dazzlingbe blindingshine brightlyflareflamebeam

   noun

   • 1. a fierce or angry stare: "she gave Harley a glare of contempt" Similar angry starescowlglowerfrownblack lookthreatening/menacing lookinformal:dirty lookdeath stareOpposite smile
   • 2. strong and dazzling light: "Murray narrowed his eyes against the glare of the sun" Similar strong lightdazzling lightblazedazzleshinebeamflareradiancebrillianceluminescencefluorescence
   • ▪ oppressive public attention or scrutiny: "he carried on his life in the full glare of publicity"
   • 3. dazzling or showy appearance; tawdry brilliance: archaic "the pomp and glare of rhetoric"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘shine strongly’): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren ‘to gleam, glare’: perhaps related to glass. The sense ‘stare’ occurred first in the adjective glaring (late Middle English).

   Derivatives

   • 1. glary adjective

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   What is the meaning of glare?

   • 2 n-count A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look. His glasses magnified his irritable glare. 3 verb If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. The sunlight glared. V ...glaring searchlight beams. V-ing 4 n-uncount Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at.

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   What does glared mean?

   • 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.

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   What does glare gloat mean?

   • 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.

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   GLARE definition: 1. a long, angry look: 2. unpleasantly bright or strong light: 3. to shine too brightly: . Learn more.

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   glare or strike with great intensity. type of: beam, shine. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. noun. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. “a glare of sunlight”. synonyms: blaze, brilliance. see more.

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