glare1 verbglare2 noun
glareglare1 /ɡleə $ ɡler/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 
WORD ORIGINglare1
Origin:
1200-1300 Middle Low German glaren ‘to shine dully’VERB TABLE
glare
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | glare |
| he, she, it | glares | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | glared |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have glared |
| he, she, it | has glared | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had glared |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will glare |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have glared |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am glaring |
| he, she, it | is glaring | |
| you, we, they | are glaring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was glaring |
| you, we, they | were glaring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been glaring |
| he, she, it | has been glaring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been glaring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be glaring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been glaring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "You can go if you want, but I'm staying," Denise said glaring at him.
- Claude put down his fork and glared across the table.
- He sat there in silence, glaring angrily.
- Adam glared back at him and looked away.
- He glared at Newman and then left the room with Carver.
- I added cheerfully, but Lilly glared at me, and we ate our cinnamon toast in silence.
- Miguel glared back like a cornered rat, lifting himself up with the stick.
- No one complained, or even glared at me.
- Peggy Soong stood behind him and glared at the woman sitting opposite Quinn.
THESAURUS
to turn your eyes towards someone or something, so that you can see them: · You should never look directly at the sun.· After a while, he turned and looked at me.
especially spoken to look at something quickly, especially in order to find or check something: · I’ll have a look in my desk.· Take a look at this!
to look at someone or something for a short time and then look quickly away: · Damien glanced nervously at his watch.
(also take a peek/peep) to look quickly at something – used especially when you are not supposed to look, or when you are looking through a small gap: · The door was open so he peeked inside.· Katy peeped at her birthday present on the table.
to look very carefully, especially because you cannot see well: · Kenji was peering at the screen.
to look at someone in an angry way: · She glared at me as I got up to leave.
to look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes: · It’s rude to stare.· She stared straight into the camera.
to look at someone or something for a long time, often without realizing that you are doing it: · She gazed out of the window.· He lay on his bed gazing at the ceiling.
to look at someone or something for a long time, usually with your mouth open, because you are very shocked or surprised: · People gaped at him with wide-open mouths.
formal to look at someone or something, especially in a particular way: · He regarded her steadily.
to produce light to produce bright light: · The sun was shining.
to shine brightly for a very short time, or to shine on and off very quickly many times: · Lightning flashed across the sky.· The police car’s lights were flashing.
to shine with a very strong light which hurts your eyes: · The sun glared in her eyes.
to shine with an unsteady light – used about a flame or light: · The candle flickered and went out.
if stars or lights twinkle, they shine in the dark in a way that seems to change from bright to faint, especially because you are a long way away from them: · stars twinkling in the sky· The harbour lights twinkled in the distance.
especially literary to shine with a warm soft light: · Lights glowed in the windows.
literary to shine very brightly: · The lights of the factory were still blazing.
Longman Language Activatorto look at someone in a disapproving way informal to look quickly and angrily at someone in a way that shows you disapprove strongly of what they have said or done: · Frank turned round and gave me a really dirty look.
to look slightly unhappy or annoyed, because you disapprove of something: · Mr Bonner frowned and pursed his lips, but said nothing.frown at: · Mrs Gold frowned at the children, who were getting mud all over their clothes.
to look at someone in a way that shows that you are very angry with them: · Roger glared angrily at her across the dinner table.
to look angrily to look angrily at someone: · He sat there in silence, glaring angrily.glare at: · "You can go if you want, but I'm staying," Denise said glaring at him.glare toward/across/around etc: · Claude put down his fork and glared across the table.
especially British to look at someone very angrily, as if you would like to hurt them: · When I asked him what he'd done with the money he just looked daggers at me and refused to speak.· Julie must have heard you talking about her, because she was looking daggers at you from the next table.
also give somebody a black/filthy look British to quickly look at someone angrily to show that you are angry with them, especially in a situation when you cannot tell them that you are angry: · I don't know what I did to upset her, but she gave me a really filthy look when I walked into the meeting.· My aunt's friends always used to give me dirty looks when I brought my kids over, because they knew I wasn't married.
to look at someone in an angry way, or make an angry, unhappy expression with your face: · Jane scowled and told them to get out.· "What do you want?" said the old man, scowling.scowl at: · What are you scowling at me for? You asked me to wake you up.
to look at someone or something with an annoyed, confused, or disapproving expression on your face: · The teacher frowned at him and asked him to sit down.· When I got back to the table, Carolyn was frowning at the check.· "Sibling rivalry?" she asked, frowning at his use of psychological terms.
use this when you are telling someone how another person looked at you in a very angry way, and you found this funny or frightening: · You should've seen her face when she realized what I'd done - if looks could kill!
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light There were several glaring inconsistencies (=very noticeable differences) in his report.
the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light (=very bad and very noticeable)· There is a glaring error on page 10, where his date of death is given as 2053, not 1003.
(=very obvious and very bad)· His case is a blatant example of the unfairness of the current system.
There were several glaring inconsistencies (=very noticeable differences) in his report. (=one that is very bad and easily noticed)
(=a lot of publicity, which can make you feel uncomfortable)· He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· She glared across at him and fought with her burning temper.
· An ambulanceman glared angrily at him and mouthed something I couldn't understand, although the gesture he made seemed clear enough.· My own range-extender is to glare angrily at the receiver.· The servants glared angrily, eager to get the grisly business over and done with.· The clerk glared angrily at him as he paused in the doorway.· Throgmorton glared angrily at Benjamin as if he recognised a rival.· Piper glared angrily at his bulky silhouette.
· Annoyed, Robbie glared back at him.· She spun around on the porch and glared back at the open window.· The heaving mare glared back at him, too exhausted to move.· Miguel glared back like a cornered rat, lifting himself up with the stick.· Cranston glared back at him and waddled over.· But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her.· Adam glared back at him and looked away.
· The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings.· Moose and bear prints dotted the sand bars and bald eagles glared down at us from river-side perches.· He glared down at us threateningly, arms braced against the high wall, weapon plainly visible.· All over Isfahan are murals of an angry Khomeini glaring down from the clouds.· Running her tongue across her teeth she glared down at the object of her annoyance.· The sun glared down on us....· The sun glared down, dazzling them.· A lady at their side glared down at them.
· Most glaring was the bungled arrest attempt last month of a 21-year-murder suspect in Kyoto.· He and they are just the most glaring example of what happens when any league pushes style ahead of substance.· In this case, quickly rewrite for the most glaring problem.· The most glaring example was the Sandburg Village high-rise development, about twelve blocks north of the Loop.· To point to only the most glaring contradiction: What kind of literacy would they be eager to advance?
· Some lords considered themselves to be above command - and he glared round the company.
· The meeting ended with all his parishioners glaring up at him accusingly.· In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face, wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive.· The ginger tomcat glared up at her, its tail lashing furiously from side to side.· They glared up at her, a testimony to her stupidity.· He hated the set of different faces glaring up at him night after night.
NOUN· She stood there with hands on her hips, glaring with a face like thunder.
· The Opel was still hovering at the kerbside, lights glaring, waiting to pounce.· Its radiant white light glares off of the snow around me.· When the teacher switched on the fluorescent lights, the paints glared, uncomfortably vivid.· Every light seemed to be glaring from the windows when they arrived.
VERB· Myles stood glaring at him, not offering to help.· Peggy Soong stood behind him and glared at the woman sitting opposite Quinn.· There was some one standing behind him, glaring evilly at her.
· Finding nothing, she turned back to glare at him.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fix somebody with a stare/glare/look etc
1to look angrily at someone for a long timeglare at- She cast a murderous look over his hard male profile.
- She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.
She glared at him accusingly.glare into/across/round etc He glared round the room as if expecting a challenge.► see thesaurus at look2[always + adverb/preposition] to shine with a very strong bright light which hurts your eyes: The sun glared down on us.► see thesaurus at shineglare1 verbglare2 noun
glareglare2 ●○○ noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He looked me straight in the eye with a stern glare.
- Polarized sunglasses reduce glare.
- She gave him an icy glare.
- the glare from the skylight
- the glare of the car's headlights
- The heat and glare of the furnace is immense.
- Her blackface glistened in the glare of the stage lights.
- His eyes looked up at her in a glare of hate.
- Management in the public sector is a highly political process, operating in the full glare of political debate and public attention.
- Mars and Mercury were hidden in the sun's glare and Pluto was too small and distant to appear.
- The glare of sunlight under the edge of the roof hurt his eyes.
- They displayed 14 models under the glare of quartz-halogen floodlights.
- When you look at them, you imagine your eyes aching in the intense glare of the desert in heat.
THESAURUSdifferent types of expression
the expression on your face when you move your eyebrows together because you are angry, unhappy, or confused: · With a frown, she asked, ‘So what’s wrong with that?’
an expression in which your mouth curves upwards, when you are being friendly or are happy or amused: · She gave him a quick smile.
an angry or disapproving expression: · There was a scowl of irritation on his face.
a long angry look: · He gave her a furious glare, but said nothing.
an expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain: · His face twisted into a grimace of anguish.
an expression that shows you have no respect for something or someone: · ‘That’s what you said last time,’ she said with a sneer.
an expression in which you smile in an unpleasant way that shows you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck or that you think you are better than other people: · He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.
an expression in which you push out your lower lip because you are unhappy that you did not get what you want: · ‘You’re going away?’ she said with a pout.
an act of looking at something: · Let me have a look at the map.· I took a quick look around the room.
a quick look at something before looking away again: · Susan cast a quick glance at me (=she looked quickly at me).· He could not resist a sidelong glance (=quickly looking to the side) to see what was happening on the other side of the road.
a short look at someone or something in which you do not see them very clearly: · Fans were hoping to catch a glimpse of the singer as he left the hotel.· I had only a fleeting glimpse (=a very quick look) of the two men as they ran away.
a long steady look: · Eddie fixed his gaze on the floor.· She looked up and met his gaze (=looked at him when he was looking at her).
a long direct look, especially in an unfriendly way or in a way that shows you are surprised: · He was watching me with a cold stare.· My cheery ‘Good Morning’ was met with a blank stare (=a stare which shows no emotion).
an angry look at someone: · She gave him a hostile glare as he entered the room.
a confused or annoyed look: · ‘Anyway,’ she said with a frown, ‘I don’t see how there could be a connection.’
Longman Language Activatorlight from the sun, a fire, an electric light etc · Light was coming into the room through a crack in the door.· a gas lamp that gives as much light as a 100 watt bulbthe light (=the amount of natural light in a place) · The light was fading, and I was afraid we wouldn't be home before dark.good/strong/bright light · The light isn't good enough to take a photograph.poor/dim/fading light · In the fading light she could just make out the shape of a tractor.soft/warm light · The valley was bathed in the soft light of dawn.cold/harsh light · the cold blue light of the Arcticblinding/dazzling light (=very strong light that hurts your eyes) · a sudden flash of blinding lightby the light of the moon/the fire/a candle (=with only the moon etc to give light) · She sat reading by the light of the fire.
spoken use this to say that there is natural daylight, so that you can see easily enough to do something: · Let's go now while it's still light.· It's not light enough to play outside.
the natural light of day: in daylight: · I'd like to look at the house again in daylight.daylight hours (=the time when it is light): · The park is open during daylight hours.
the light from the sun: · Her long blonde hair was shining in the sunlight.· We emerged from the dark forest into the sunlight. direct sunlight: · Keep the plant out of direct sunlight.
the light from the moon: · The trees looked strangely white in the moonlight.· Moonlight came in through the curtains, lighting up the children's sleeping faces.
a very bright and unpleasant light that makes you want to close your eyes or turn your head away: glare of: · the glare of the car's headlights· The heat and glare of the furnace is immense.
a soft pleasant light, especially from something that is burning: · Candles give a warm glow to the room.glow of: · the orange glow of the sunset
a line of light shining from something such as a lamp: · We could see the beams of searchlights scanning the sky.beam of light: · Maggie stumbled across the field with only a narrow beam of light from her flashlight to help her.
a line of light, especially one shining from the sun: · Use a sunscreen to protect your skin against the sun's harmful rays.· The first rays of the sun pierced the canopy of leaves above us, and the forest began to wake up.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light There were several glaring inconsistencies (=very noticeable differences) in his report.
the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light (=very bad and very noticeable)· There is a glaring error on page 10, where his date of death is given as 2053, not 1003.
(=very obvious and very bad)· His case is a blatant example of the unfairness of the current system.
There were several glaring inconsistencies (=very noticeable differences) in his report. (=one that is very bad and easily noticed)
(=a lot of publicity, which can make you feel uncomfortable)· He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Management in the public sector is a highly political process, operating in the full glare of political debate and public attention.· And she sympathises with her having to live her life in the full glare of the spotlight.· On 9 January 1986 Heseltine dramatically walked out of a full Cabinet and resigned in the full glare of televisual attention.· This uncertainty was reflected in unprecedented levels of argument within the government, conducted in the full glare of public attention.· With the murder Raskolnikov erupts into the full glare of the actual, and parts company with his predecessor.· Best's decline was conducted in the full glare of self seeking publicity.
VERB· He tittered nervously as he tried to see through the glare of the flames.· The sun was behind him and she could see the glare that shone on his bald pate.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fix somebody with a stare/glare/look etc
1[singular, uncountable] a bright unpleasant light which hurts your eyesthe glare of something- She cast a murderous look over his hard male profile.
- She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.
the harsh glare of the desert sun a special screen to reduce glare2[countable] a long angry look: She gave him a hostile glare.3the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc the full attention of newspapers, television etc, especially when you do not want it