glare

glare
n
1. brilliance, brightness, dazzling, splendor, resplendence; shine, luster, illumination, luminosity, effulgence, radiance; blinding flash, harsh or strong light, intensity, vividness; blaze, flare, flame, fulguration, coruscation, scintillation; glittering, glistening, glistering, glimmering; shimmering, sparkling, twinkling; flickering, fluttering, fluctuating, oscillation, vacillating; glint, gleam, sheen, gloss.
2. glower, scowl, lower, frown, angry or fierce look; black or dark look, dirty or nasty look; riveting or fixing gaze, scrutinization, piercing stare; long face, moping, fretting, pouting, sulking.
3. showiness, flauntiness, floridness, showy appearance; gaudiness, garishness, ostentation, extravagance; flashiness, vividness, brightness, gayness, colorfulness, distinctness; loudness, cheapness, tawdriness, meretri-ciousness.
v
4. light, illuminate, effulge, shine brilliantly; dazzle, blind, gleam, flash; beam, streak, coruscate, fulgurate; shimmer, flicker, twinkle, glimmer, glitter, sparkle; glint, glisten, Archaic. glister, flutter; flare, spark, scintillate, fluctuate, oscillate; flame, blaze, burn; radiate, incandesce, phosphoresce.
5. glower, gloat, scowl, lower, frown; stare angrily, look at darkly or blackly; look daggers, menace, threaten.

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  • Glare — Glare, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. [1913 Webster] The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glare — may refer to any of the following: *Glare (vision) is difficulty seeing in the presence of very bright light * by extension, any sort of bright light capable of causing glare *A form of light pollution or over illumination *A facial expression of …   Wikipedia

  • Glare — Glare, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glare — Le GLARE (GLAss REinforced ) est un nouveau matériau composite (fibres de verre et d aluminium) de haute technologie. Il est composé de fines couches d aluminium (0,3 à 0,5 mm) et de nappes unidirectionnelles de fibres de verres imprégnées de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • glare — [n1] very bright light, shine blaze, blinding light, brilliance, dazzle, flame, flare, glow; concept 628 Ant. dullness glare [n2] dirty look angry stare, bad eye*, black look*, evil eye*, frown, glower, lower, scowl; concepts 623,716 Ant. grin,… …   New thesaurus

  • glare — glare; glare·less; an·ti·glare; …   English syllables

  • glare — glare1 [gler] vi. glared, glaring [ME glaren < or akin to MDu, to gleam, glare & OE glær, amber: for IE base see GLASS] 1. to shine with a strong, steady, dazzling light 2. to be too bright or showy 3. to stare fiercely or angrily vt. to send… …   English World dictionary

  • Glare — (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glaring}.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.] [1913 Webster] 1. To shine with a bright,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glare — Glare, v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. [1913 Webster] Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glare — vb 1 glow, flare, *blaze, flame Analogous words: *flash, gleam, glitter, glisten, scintillate, coruscate, sparkle 2 stare, peer, gloat, gape, *gaze Analogous words: glower, lower, scowl, *frown …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • glare — ► VERB 1) stare in an angry or fierce way. 2) shine with a strong or dazzling light. 3) (glaring) highly obvious or conspicuous. ► NOUN 1) a fierce or angry stare. 2) strong and dazzling light …   English terms dictionary

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