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glar⋅ing

  [glair-ing]
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–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; ME: see glare 1 , -ing 2

Related forms:
glar⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
glar⋅ing⋅ness, noun

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

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.) 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.
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glare 1   (glâr)   
v.   glared, glar·ing, glares

v.   intr.
  1. To stare fixedly and angrily. See Synonyms at gaze.
  2. To shine intensely and blindingly: A hot sun glared down on the desert.
  3. To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively: The headline glared from the page.
v.   tr.
To express by staring angrily: He glared his disapproval.
n.  
  1. A fierce or angry stare.
    1. An intense, blinding light.
    2. Garish or showy brilliance; gaudiness.

[Middle English glaren, to glitter; akin to Middle Low German glaren, to glisten; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
glar·ing   (glâr'ĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Shining intensely and blindingly: the glaring noonday sun.
  2. Tastelessly showy or bright; garish.
  3. Conspicuous; obvious: a glaring error. See Synonyms at flagrant.
  4. Staring with anger, fierceness, or hostility: glaring eyes.
glar'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Glaring

Glar"ing\, a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime. -- Glar"ing*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : glaring
Spanish: deslumbrante, cegador,
German: grell,
Japanese: ぎらぎら輝く
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