glaring

glaring
adj
1. dazzling, brilliant, very bright, resplendent; shining, lustrous, illuminating, radiating; bedazzling, dazing, blinding, overpowering, intense, strong, harsh, vivid; blazing, flaring, flaming, flash- 460 ing, fulgurating, coruscating; glittering, glistening, Archaic. glistering, glimmering; shimmering, sparkling, twinkling; flickering, fluttering, scintillating, fluctuating, oscillating, vacillating.
2. showy, flaunting, ostentatious, flashy; garish, gaudy, tawdry, loud, cheap, meretricious, Inf. tacky; bright, gay, florid, distinct; gorgeous, colorific, color ful, chromatic.
3. obvious, conspicuous, evident, apparent, patent, prominent; overt, open, manifest, undisguised; flagrant, blatant, egregious, extreme, heinous, outrageous, notorious; audacious, impudent, bold, brazen; shameless, immodest.
4. staring or looking angrily, glowering, lowering, scowling, frowning, giving a dirty look; ogling, scrutinizing, riveting, fixing; sulking, pouting, moping.

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  • Glaring — Glar ing, a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime. {Glar ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • glaring — [adj1] obvious, unconcealed audacious, blatant, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, egregious, evident, excessive, extreme, flagrant, gross, inordinate, manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, open, outrageous, outstanding, overt, patent, protrusive,… …   New thesaurus

  • glaring — [gler′iŋ] adj. 1. shining with a too bright, dazzling light 2. too bright and showy 3. staring in a fierce, angry manner 4. too obvious to be overlooked [a glaring mistake] glaringly adv …   English World dictionary

  • glaring — I adjective apparent, blatant, bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, crude, distinct, downright, egregious, evident, extreme, flagrant, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, glittering, intense, loud, manifest, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive …   Law dictionary

  • glaring — (adj.) late 14c., from prp. of GLARE (Cf. glare). Meaning obtrusively conspicuous is from 1706 …   Etymology dictionary

  • glaring — adj *flagrant, gross, rank Analogous words: *noticeable, conspicuous, outstanding: obtrusive (see IMPERTINENT): extreme, *excessive, inordinate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • glaring — adjective 1 very bad and very noticeable: the glaring injustices of the Soviet legal system | glaring error/mistake: The report contained a number of glaring errors. 2 too bright and difficult to look at: the glaring light of the headlamps… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • glaring — glar|ing [ˈgleərıŋ US ˈgler ] adj 1.) very bad and very noticeable = ↑obvious ▪ The book s most glaring omission is the lack of an index. ▪ a glaring example of political corruption 2.) too bright and difficult to look at ▪ the glaring light of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • glaring — glar|ing [ glerıŋ ] adjective 1. ) a glaring mistake is very obvious 2. ) a glaring light shines very brightly in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • glaring — [[t]gle͟ərɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) If you describe something bad as glaring, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easily seen or noticed. → See also glare I never saw such a glaring example of misrepresentation. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • glaring — adjective 1) glaring lights Syn: dazzling, blinding, blazing, strong, bright, harsh Ant: soft, dim 2) a glaring omission Syn: obvious …   Thesaurus of popular words

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