glare

[glare]

When you drive, you pull down your visors to block the glare, or the blinding light from the sun. The "rocket's red glare" from the national anthem is the bright light you'd see as a rocket shoots through the sky.

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To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

Noun
an angry stare

Noun
great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"

Noun
a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

Verb
look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

Verb
shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"

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Verb
be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake''s surface"


v. i.
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

v. i.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

v. i.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

v. t.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

n.
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

n.
A fierce, piercing look or stare.

n.
A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

n.
A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.

n.
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.


Glare

Glare (gl&acir;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl'91r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.] 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.

Glare

Glare, v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.

Glare

Glare, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]

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.]

Glareous

Glar"e*ous , a. [Cf. F. glaireux. See Glair.] Glairy. John Georgy (1766).

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

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Usage Examples

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.

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