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glare

1

[ glair ]

noun

  1. a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:

    in the glare of sunlight.

    Synonyms: flash, glitter, flare

  2. a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
  3. dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.


verb (used without object)

, glared, glar·ing.
  1. to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light.
  2. to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look.
  3. Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively.

verb (used with object)

, glared, glar·ing.
  1. to express with a glare:

    They glared their anger at each other.

glare

2

[ glair ]

noun

  1. a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.

glare

1

/ ɡlɛə /

verb

  1. intr to stare angrily; glower
  2. tr to express by glowering
  3. intr (of light, colour, etc) to be very bright and intense
  4. intr to be dazzlingly ornamented or garish


noun

  1. an angry stare
  2. a dazzling light or brilliance
  3. garish ornamentation or appearance; gaudiness

glare

2

/ ɡlɛə /

adjective

  1. smooth and glassy

    glare ice

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Derived Forms

  • ˈglary, adjective
  • ˈglareless, adjective

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Other Words From

  • glareless adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glare1

First recorded in 1250–1300; (for the verb) Middle English glaren; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren; akin to glass (compare Old English glæren “glassy”); noun derivative of the verb

Origin of glare2

First recorded in 1560–70; special use of glare 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glare1

C13: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch glaren to gleam; probably related to Old English glæren glassy; see glass

Origin of glare2

C16: special use of glare 1

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Synonym Study

See shine 1. 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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Example Sentences

In the second that the light brushed across her face she squeezed her eyes shut against the glare, and you did too, a moment later, though the light hadn’t touched you.

The two planets came equally close in 1623, but that phenomenon was impossible to see from Earth because of glare from the sun, he added.

Because of the sun’s glare, astronomers couldn’t observe Phaethon when it was closest to the sun.

Curved monitors are known to be susceptible to glare, so if you are only working with permanent lighting fixtures, it might be safer to go with a flat-screen.

The anti-reflective coating cuts down on glare to make view ability even better.

I find my glasses and look at Pimples over the rims with my best grounded-for-life glare.

Linden Avenue is bright and empty in the blue glare of the street lamps.

It seemed the party, which is mainly staffed by volunteers, was starting to crack under the pressure of the media glare.

One proof of that is in the Muslims who now come and go from the ground zero mosque without receiving so much as a glare.

Due to the glare of the sun I was unable to tell if the persons were male or female.

She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.

It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.

Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.

The long green blinds kept out the glare of the sunshine; and at first he saw the room but dimly.

Another man who was in the room rose also, as if galvanized by the glare of the fierce blue eyes.

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