glared; glaring
2
: to stare angrily or fiercely
glared at me with rage and hate
1
: to express (something, such as hostility) by staring angrily
glared defiance at each other
2
archaic
: to cause to be sharply reflected
1
a
: a harsh uncomfortably bright light
the glare of a neon sign
the glare of publicity
especially
: painfully bright sunlight
b
: cheap showy brilliance : garishness
enjoyed the glitter and glare of the city's nightlife
2
: an angry or fierce stare
3
: a surface or sheet of smooth and slippery ice
Examples of glare in a Sentence
Verb
The sun glared down relentlessly.
The white snow glared in the morning sunlight.
The teacher glared at him as he walked in late.
Noun
There was a glare coming off the water.
I was blinded by the glare of the approaching headlights.
I shielded my eyes from the glare of the sun.
The car's headlights are designed to cut down on glare.
She responded to the reporters' questions with an angry glare.
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Verb
But the glaring contrast in game management in its build-up — Portugal head coach Francisco Neto opting to pivot and experiment from the bench; Wiegman choosing to stick and wait, refusing to bring on substitutes until the 84th minute — felt significant.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A close overtime victory barely compensates for a glaring Knicks flaw on display at Madison Square Garden.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
To use a poker analogy, Apple has called the UK’s bluff against a glare of negative publicity.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Pasteur struggled to make out the path in the glare of sunlight bouncing off the ice.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Glare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glare. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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