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单词 glaring
释义 glar·ing
\ˈgla(a)riŋ, -ler-, -rēŋ\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English glaringe, from glaren to glare + -inge, -ing -ing
1. : marked by a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger : glowering, scowling
 < trembled at the sight of their glaring eyes >
2.
 a. : shining with or reflecting a harsh uncomfortably bright light : blindingly bright
  < glaring spotlights >
  < the still surface of the glaring sea >
 b.
  (1) : showily brilliant : garish, gaudy
   < glaring colors >
  (2) : vulgarly ostentatious : blatantly crude
   < the more raffish and glaring manners of the Regency — R.E.Roberts >
3. : painfully obvious : too apparent not to be noticed : flagrant
 < the gullibility with which we perpetuate glaring errors — Joseph O'Connor >
 < the self-assurance I have mentioned appears at its most glaring in a stupid man — Albert Dasnoy >
: unavoidably noticeable : inescapably evident : conspicuous
 < the contrast between their words and their deeds today is glaring — O.M.Green >
Synonyms: see flagrant
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