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glare

(gleəʳ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense glares, present participle glaring, past tense, past participle glared
1. verb
If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face.
The old woman glared at him. [VERB + at]
Jacob glared and muttered something. [VERB]
...glaring eyes. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: scowl, frown, glower, look daggers More Synonyms of glare
2. countable noun
A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look.
His glasses magnified his irritable glare.
Synonyms: scowl, frown, glower, dirty look More Synonyms of 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. [VERB]
...glaring searchlight beams. [VERB-ing]
4. uncountable noun
Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at.
...the glare of a car's headlights.
Special-purpose glasses reduce glare.
Synonyms: dazzle, glow, blaze, flare More Synonyms of glare
5. singular noun
If someone is in the glare of publicity or public attention, they are constantly being watched and talked about by a lot of people.
Norma is said to dislike the glare of publicity.
She attacked police in the full glare of TV cameras.
More Synonyms of glare

glare in British English 1

(ɡlɛə)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to stare angrily; glower
2. (transitive)
to express by glowering
3. (intransitive)
(of light, colour, etc) to be very bright and intense
4. (intransitive)
to be dazzlingly ornamented or garish
noun
5. 
an angry stare
6. 
a dazzling light or brilliance
7. 
garish ornamentation or appearance; gaudiness
Derived forms
glareless (ˈglareless)
adjective
glary (ˈglary)
adjective
Word origin
C13: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch glaren to gleam; probably related to Old English glæren glassy; see glass

glare in British English 2

(ɡlɛə)
adjective
mainly US and Canadian
smooth and glassy
glare ice
Word origin
C16: special use of glare1

glare in American English 1

(glɛr)
verb intransitiveWord forms: glared or ˈglaring
1. 
to shine with a strong, steady, dazzling light
2. 
to be too bright or showy
3. 
to stare fiercely or angrily
verb transitive
4. 
to send forth or express with a glare
noun
5. 
a strong, steady, dazzling light or brilliant reflection, as from sunlight
6. 
a too bright or dazzling display
7. 
a fierce or angry stare
SIMILAR WORDS:  blaze
Word origin
ME glaren < or akin to MDu, to gleam, glare & OE glær, amber: for IE base see glass

glare in American English 2

(glɛr)
noun
1. 
a smooth, bright, glassy surface, as of ice
adjective
2. 
smooth, bright, and glassy
Word origin
prob. < glare1

COBUILD Collocations
glare

steely glare

Examples of 'glare' in a sentence
glare

So it is right that the utilities should find themselves under the glare of more intense scrutiny.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Black reduces glare and makes the interior of a small car seem more spacious.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She will destroy him with one steely glare.
The Sun (2010)
Make allowances for bright sunlight and glare.
Collins Traveller - Mallorca
It virtually guarantees that he will perform it in the full glare of publicity.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
The only glare this glass can deflect is from the sun.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Large sunglasses shielded her eyes from the glare of the lights and her former boyfriend.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is a role for which his intense glare makes him a natural.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The initial glare of publicity makes you feel special.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His affable grin becomes a steely glare.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But this was his first match under the full glare of the floodlights.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The brain has a threshold of how much glare it can withstand.
The Sun (2011)
It is also said to be able to reduce glare from cars following behind at dawn and dusk.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Closed in terms of things being able to go on under the radar and away from the public glare.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He escaped with a hard glare.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We love writing about bands and singers that emerge from the tangled undergrowth and come blinking into the bright glare of publicity.
The Sun (2009)
The flame died quickly, leaving only an angry glare against the night sky.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
Yet a shaft of sentiment will filter the hard glare of jump racing's fiercest week.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There was some delay as we wrestled with both an unsympathetic location and the glare of the lights in his famously large glasses.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I had to learn under my own steam away from the glare of attention.
The Sun (2014)
What is the media glare of the England job when you have had to fight for your reputation in a court of law?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He began by suffering from being, quite literally, in the glare of public attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
glare

British English: glare /ɡlɛə/ VERB
If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face.
The old woman glared at him.
  • American English: glare
  • Arabic: يُحَمْلِقُ يسطع
  • Brazilian Portuguese: afrontar
  • Chinese: 怒视
  • Croatian: bijesno zuriti
  • Czech: dívat se nasupeně
  • Danish: skule
  • Dutch: boos kijken
  • European Spanish: deslumbrar
  • Finnish: katsoa vihaisesti
  • French: lancer un regard furieux
  • German: wütend starren
  • Greek: αγριοκοιτάζω
  • Italian: guardare con occhio torvo
  • Japanese: にらみつける
  • Korean: 노려보다
  • Norwegian: blende
  • Polish: zaświecić
  • European Portuguese: olhar fixamente
  • Romanian: a privi urât la
  • Russian: пристально или сердито смотреть
  • Latin American Spanish: deslumbrar
  • Swedish: stirra
  • Thai: ส่องแสงเจิดจ้า
  • Turkish: öfkeyle bakmak
  • Ukrainian: суворо дивитися
  • Vietnamese: nhìn trừng trừng
British English: glare NOUN
A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look.
His glasses magnified his irritable glare.
  • American English: glare
  • Brazilian Portuguese: encarada
  • Chinese: 怒视
  • European Spanish: mirada
  • French: regard furieux
  • German: wütender Blick
  • Italian: sguardo furioso
  • Japanese: にらみつけること
  • Korean: 노려봄
  • European Portuguese: olhar feroz
  • Latin American Spanish: mirada

Chinese translation of 'glare'

glare

(ɡlɛəʳ)

n

  1. (u) [of light] 强(強)光 (qiángguāng)
  2. (c) (= angry look) 怒视(視) (nùshì)

vi

  1. [light] 眩目地照射 (xuànmù de zhàoshè)
  2. [person] 怒目而视(視) (nùmù ér shì)
    the glare of publicity 众(眾)目睽睽 (zhòng mù kuíkuí)
    to glare at sb 怒视(視)某人 (nùshì mǒurén)
1 (verb) 
Definition
receiving a lot of attention from the media or the public
He glared and muttered something.
Synonyms
scowl
She scowled at the two men as they entered the room.
frown
He frowned at her anxiously.
glower
He glowered at me but said nothing.
look daggers
stare angrily
give a dirty look
lour or lower
2 (verb) 
Definition
(of light or colour) to be too bright
The light was glaring straight into my eyes.
Synonyms
dazzle
blaze
The gardens blazed with colour.
flare
Camp fires flared like beacons in the dark.
flame
His dark eyes flamed with rage.
1 (noun) 
Definition
an angry stare
His glasses magnified his irritable glare.
Synonyms
scowl
He met the remark with a scowl.
frown
a deep frown on the boy's face
glower
His frown deepened into a glower of resentment.
dirty look
black look
angry stare
lour or lower
2 (noun) 
Definition
a dazzling light or brilliance
the glare of a car's headlights
Synonyms
dazzle
The sun's dazzle on the water hurt my eyes.
glow
The rising sun cast a golden glow over the fields.
blaze
I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
flare
The flare of fires lights up the blacked-out streets.
flame
a huge ball of flame
brilliance
the brilliance of the sun on the water

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blaze
Definition
to shine brightly
The gardens blazed with colour.
Synonyms
shine,
flash,
beam,
glow,
flare,
glare,
gleam,
shimmer,
radiate
in the sense of blaze
Definition
a very bright light or glare
I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
Synonyms
flash,
glow,
glitter,
flare,
glare,
gleam,
brilliance,
radiance
in the sense of brilliance
Definition
great brightness
the brilliance of the sun on the water
Synonyms
brightness,
blaze,
intensity,
sparkle,
glitter,
dazzle,
gleam,
sheen,
lustre,
radiance,
luminosity,
vividness,
resplendence,
effulgence,
refulgence

Synonyms of 'glare'

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