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glar·ing

[glair-ing]
adjective
1.
shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
2.
very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant: several glaring errors in spelling.
3.
staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.
4.
excessively showy or bright; garish.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English: see glare1, -ing2

glar·ing·ly, adverb
glar·ing·ness, noun
non·glar·ing, adjective
un·glar·ing, adjective


1. blinding. 2. prominent, patent. See flagrant. 4. loud, gaudy, flashy.

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Example Sentences
  • But suits in gray silk satin, while nicely made, seemed a glaring commercial concession.
  • The glaring inconsistencies which his colleagues pointed out in his policies never dampened his spirits.
  • The glaring faults of his successor make his own mistakes in office look less bad by the day.
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glare

1[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.) Middle English glaren; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren; akin to glass (compare Old English glæren glassy); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

glare·less, adjective


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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glaring (ˈɡlɛərɪŋ)
 
adj
1.  conspicuous: a glaring omission
2.  dazzling or garish
 
'glaringly
 
adv
 
'glaringness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

glare
mid-13c., "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 c.1600. O.E. glær meant "amber." Glaring "obtrusively conspicuous" is from 1706.
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