glarenoun
uk/ɡleər/us/ɡler/glare noun (LOOK)
C2 [ C ] a long, angry look:
She gave me a fierce glare.
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Grimacing and frowning
- cloud
- eye
- face
- frown
- furrow
- furrowed
- glower
- grimace
- if looks could kill... idiom
- look
- pout
- raise your eyebrows idiom
- resting bitch face
- roll
- roll your eyes idiom
- sb's face falls idiom
- scrunch
- wince
- withering
- wrinkle
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glare noun (LIGHT)
C2 [ U ] unpleasantly bright or strong light:
Tinted windows will reduce the glare/the sun's glare.
This screen gives off a lot of glare.
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- beam
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glint
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pencil
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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Idiom(s)
the/a glare of sth
glareverb [ I ]
uk/ɡleər/us/ɡler/glare verb [ I ] (SHINE)
to shine too brightly:
The sun was glaring right in my eyes.
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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glare verb [ I ] (LOOK)
C2 to look directly and continuously at someone or something in an angry way:
She glared angrily at everyone and stormed out of the room.
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Grimacing and frowning
- cloud
- eye
- face
- frown
- furrow
- furrowed
- glower
- grimace
- if looks could kill... idiom
- look
- pout
- raise your eyebrows idiom
- resting bitch face
- roll
- roll your eyes idiom
- sb's face falls idiom
- scrunch
- wince
- withering
- wrinkle
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Using the eyes