glaringness
ɪŋ 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.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | conspicuous: a glaring omission |
| 2. | dazzling or garish |
| 'glaringly | |
| —adv | |
| 'glaringness | |
| —n | |
| 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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