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   glare

   /ɡlɛː/

   verb

   • 1. stare in an angry or fierce way: "she glared at him, her cheeks flushing" Similar stare angrilyscowlglowerlook daggersfrownlourgive someone a black looklook threateningly/menacinglyinformal:give someone a dirty lookgive someone a death staregive someone the stink eyearchaic:gloutglunchOpposite smile
   • ▪ express (a feeling) by staring fiercely: "he glared defiance at the pistols pointing at him"
   • 2. (of the sun or an electric light) shine with a strong or dazzling light: "the sun glared out of a clear blue sky" Similar blazebe dazzlingbe blindingshine brightlyflareflamebeam

   noun

   • 1. a fierce or angry stare: "she gave Harley a glare of contempt" Similar angry starescowlglowerfrownblack lookthreatening/menacing lookinformal:dirty lookdeath stareOpposite smile
   • 2. strong and dazzling light: "Murray narrowed his eyes against the glare of the sun" Similar strong lightdazzling lightblazedazzleshinebeamflareradiancebrillianceluminescencefluorescence
   • ▪ oppressive public attention: "he carried on his life in the full glare of publicity"
   • 3. dazzling or showy appearance: archaic "the pomp and glare of rhetoric"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘shine strongly’): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren ‘to gleam, glare’: perhaps related to glass. The sense ‘stare’ occurred first in the adjective glaring (late Middle English).

   Derivatives

   • 1. glary adjective

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   What is the meaning of glare?

   • 2 n-count A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look. His glasses magnified his irritable glare. 3 verb If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. The sunlight glared. V ...glaring searchlight beams. V-ing 4 n-uncount Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at.

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   What does glared mean?

   • , glared, glar·ing. to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light. to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look. Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively. , glared, glar·ing. They glared their anger at each other. a bright, smooth surface, as of ice. See shine 1.

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   What does glare gloat mean?

   • 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.

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   What is reflection glare?

   • Reflection glare is a specialized case of GD where the loss of visual performance is specific to bright light reflected from surfaces such as windshields, monitors, or water. The second category is glare discomfort (GDC), which refers to the slight pain or discomfort from exposure to bright light.

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   Glare definition: a very harsh, bright, dazzling light. See examples of GLARE used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of GLARE is to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light. How to use glare in a sentence.

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   Glare can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it means a strong, bright light that hurts your eyes or a long, angry look. As a verb, it means to look at someone in an angry way.

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   noun. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. “a glare of sunlight”. synonyms: blaze, brilliance. see more. see less. type of: brightness. the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white.