单词 | glaring |
释义 | glaring (once / 869 pages) adj Whether it's a bright light or a fault, glaring things are obvious. You just can't miss them. Something glaring is obvious to everyone. Sometimes, there's a glaring light that's in your eyes, such as the glaring beams of the sun. Other times, it could be a glaring fault. For example, if you're a very short basketball player, your height is something everyone knows you have to overcome: it's a glaring problem for that sport. Things that are glaring in this way are almost always bad: there aren't any glaring ice cream cones or puppies. You can't avoid looking at things that are glaring, but you wish you could. WORD FAMILYglaring: glaringest, glaringly+/glare: glared, glares, glaring USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s been building up for years, and now the contrasts in America are so glaring as to be blinding. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) But with a national television audience looking on, the post-toss exchange was glaring. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Among the more glaring breakdowns against the Golden Eagles were the team’s 15 turnovers. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj shining intensely the glaring sun Syn blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 2adj conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible a glaring error Syn crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank conspicuous obvious to the eye or mind |
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