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.
[glair] 
noun, verb, glared, glar⋅ing.