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.]
—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.
c.1250, "shine brightly," perhaps from M.Du., M.L.G. glaren "to gleam," related by rhoticization to glas (see glass). Sense of "stare fiercely" is from 1609. O.E. glær meant "amber." Glaring "obtrusively conspicuous" is from 1706.
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
2.
an angry stare
3.
a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight]
verb
1.
look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower]
2.
be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. 3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope.
Glare\, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. --Dryden. 2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton. 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
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