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Glare

Glare Meaning & Definition
Glare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glare?

[n] an angry stare
[n] great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"
[v] look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"
[v] shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
[v] shine with a harsh, uncomfortably brilliant light; "Not even the sea can glare like the sun"
[v] be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Glare: blaze | brilliance | glower | glower

Related Terms | Find terms related to Glare: aller sans dire | angry look | appear | ballyhoo | bandage | be bright | be evident | be manifest | be no secret | be noticeable | be revealed | be seen | be visible | beacon | beam | bedazzle | bedroom eyes | benight | blare | blatancy | blaze | blazing light | blind | blind the eyes | blindfold | blinding light | blurb | bore | brazenness | bright light | brightness | brilliance | brilliancy | brilliant light | burn | burst of light | celebrity | color | colorfulness | come across | come-hither look | common knowledge | crudeness | cry | currency | cut a dash | cut a figure | cut a swath | darken | dash | daylight | daze | dazzle | dazzling light | dazzlingness | deprive of sight | diffuse light | dim | dirty look | eclat | eclipse | effulgence | evil eye | excecate | exposure | extravagance | extravaganza | extravagation | fame | famousness | flagrancy | flamboyance | flame | flare | flash | flashiness | flood of light | floridity | floridness | flush | frown | fulgor | fulgurate | gaiety | gape | garishness | gaudery | gaudiness | gaup | gawk | gaze | give light | glad eye | glance | glaring light | gleam | glint | glisten | glitter | gloat | glory | glow | glower | glowering look | gnarl | go without saying | goggle | gorgeousness | gouge | growl | hang out | hoodwink | hoopla | hue and cry | incandesce | jauntiness | jazziness | limelight | look black | look daggers | loom large | loudness | lower | luridness | luster | make a figure | make a show | make a splash | make blind | malocchio | mantle | maximum dissemination | meet the gaze | meretriciousness | need no explanation | notoriety | obscure | obtrusiveness | offense | ogle | ostentation | panache | peer | penetrating look | pique | plug | PR | press notice | project | public eye | public knowledge | public relations | public report | publicity | publicity story | publicness | puff | radiance | radiancy | radiant splendor | radiate | reclame | redden | refulgence | refulgency | report | resplendence | resplendency | sauter aux yeux | scowl | send out rays | sensationalism | shamelessness | shine | shine brightly | shine out | shine through | shoot | shoot out rays | shout | show | show through | show up | showiness | snap | snarl | snow-blind | speak for itself | spit | splash | splendor | splurge | sportiness | spotlight | stand forth | stand out | stare | stick out | streaming light | strike blind | strike the eye | tawdriness | umbrage | vividness | vulgarness | whammy | write-up

See Also | beam | beam | beat | brightness | reflect | shine | shine | stare | stare

Glare In Webster's Dictionary

\Glare\ (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.] 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. 3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope.
\Glare\, v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. --Milton.
\Glare\, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. --Dryden. 2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton. 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}. 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]
\Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]

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