Glared - 2 dictionary results
glare
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[glair] 
noun, verb, glared, glar⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a very harsh, bright, dazzling light: in the glare of sunlight. |
| 2. | a fiercely or angrily piercing stare. |
| 3. | dazzling or showy appearance; showiness. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light. |
| 5. | to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look. |
| 6. | Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to express with a glare: They glared their anger at each other. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME glaren; c. MD, MLG glaren; akin to glass (cf. OE glæren glassy); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.
1250–1300; (v.) ME glaren; c. MD, MLG glaren; akin to glass (cf. OE glæren glassy); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
glareless, adjective
Synonyms:
1. flare, glitter, flash. 4. See shine. 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.
1. flare, glitter, flash. 4. See shine. 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.
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Link To Glared
| glare 1 (glâr) v. glared, glar·ing, glares v. intr.
To express by staring angrily: He glared his disapproval. n.
[Middle English glaren, to glitter; akin to Middle Low German glaren, to glisten; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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