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 Definitions of glare  [ɛər]  

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Definition of 'glare' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) glare
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
in the glare of sunlight.

2.  glare
a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.

3.  glare
dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.

4. (v.i.) glare
to shine with or reflect a harsh, dazzling light.

5.  glare
to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look.

6.  glare
Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively.

7. (v.t.) glare
to express with a glare:
glaring their anger.

8. (n.) glare
a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.

Etymology:  (1855–60)

Definition of 'glare' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) glare, blaze, brilliance
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
"a glare of sunlight"

2. (noun) glare, glower
an angry stare

3. (verb) limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye
a focus of public attention
"he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

4. (verb) glower, glare
look at with a fixed gaze
"The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

5. (verb) glare
be sharply reflected
"The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

6. (verb) glare
shine intensely
"The sun glared down on us"


Definition of 'glare' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) glare
to look at angrily
The teacher glared at me from across the room.

2.  glare
to shine with an unpleasant brightness
the sun glaring off the ice

3. (noun) glare
an unpleasant bright light
the glare of the headlights

4.  glare
an angry look
a glare from my husband


Definition of 'glare' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) glare
a bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light

2. (noun) glare
a fierce, piercing look or stare

3. (noun) glare
a viscous, transparent substance. See Glair

4. (noun) glare
a smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice

5. (noun) glare
smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice

6. (verb) glare
to shine with a bright, dazzling light

7. (verb) glare
to look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely

8. (verb) glare
to be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay

9. (verb) glare
to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light


Definition of 'glare' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  glare
Relatively bright light, or the dazzling sensation of relatively bright light, which produces unpleasantness or discomfort, or which interferes with optimal VISION, OCULAR. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)


Translation of 'glare' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to stare fiercely and angrily
She glared at the little boy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gluur Arabic flag Arabic: يُحَدِّقُ بِعَيْنٍ غاضِبَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гледам гневно
Brazilian flag Brazilian: olhar Czech flag Czech: zlobně hledět German flag German: starren
Danish flag Danish: se vredt; nidstirre Greek flag Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω Spanish flag Spanish: mirar ferozmente, fulmina
Estonian flag Estonian: jõllitama Farsi flag Farsi: چشم غره رفتن Finnish flag Finnish: mulkoilla
French flag French: foudroyer du regard Hebrew flag Hebrew: להביט בזעם Hindi flag Hindi: गुस्से से घूरना
Croatian flag Croatian: bijesno zuriti Hungarian flag Hungarian: haragosan, mereven néz vk Indonesian flag Indonesian: melotot
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hvessa auguná Italian flag Italian: guardare di traverso Japanese flag Japanese: にらみつける
Korean flag Korean: 노려보다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dėbsoti, dėbtelėti Latvian flag Latvian: nikni skatīties
Malay flag Malay: menjegil Dutch flag Dutch: boos kijken Norwegian flag Norwegian: glane sint/olmt på
Polish flag Polish: piorunować spojrzeniem Persian flag Persian: چشم غره رفتن Pashto flag Pashto: ځلېدل: ځيركتل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: olhar Romanian flag Romanian: a privi cu mân­drie/cu su Russian flag Russian: свирепо смотреть
Slovak flag Slovak: zazerať, gániť Slovenian flag Slovenian: srepo gledati Serbian flag Serbian: streljati pogledom
Swedish flag Swedish: glo, stirra, blänga Thai flag Thai: ถลึงตา Turkish flag Turkish: göz kamaştıracak şekilde
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 怒目而視 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: люто дивитися Urdu flag Urdu: نظریں جما کر دیھکنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhìn trừng trừng Chinese flag Chinese: 瞪眼,怒目而视

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