Dictionary Definition
glare
Noun
1 great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the
flowers were a blaze of color" [syn: blaze, brilliance]
2 an angry stare [syn: glower]
3 a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being
in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, public
eye]
Verb
1 look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at
the man who tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower]
2 be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at
itself from the lake's surface"
3 shine intensely; "The sun glared down on
us"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
Translations
light
- Danish: blændende lys
- Finnish: häikäisevä valo
brilliance
- Danish: skin
Verb
Translations
to stare
- Danish: stirre, glo
- Finnish: tuijottaa vihaisesti, mulkoilla
shine
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
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 squinted eyes and look of contempt
- A call collision in telecommunications
- Glare (material), an advanced aerospace material
glare in German: Glare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
PR, aller
sans dire, angry look, appear, ballyhoo, bandage, be bright, be evident,
be manifest, be no secret, be noticeable, be revealed, be seen, be
visible, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bedroom eyes,
benight, blare, blatancy, blaze, blazing light, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, blinding light,
blurb, bore, brazenness, bright light,
brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light,
burn, burst of light,
celebrity, color, colorfulness, come across,
come-hither look, common knowledge, crudeness, cry, currency, cut a dash, cut a
figure, cut a swath, darken, dash, daylight, daze, dazzle, dazzling light, dazzlingness, deprive of
sight, diffuse light, dim,
dirty look, eclat,
eclipse, effulgence, evil eye,
excecate, exposure, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, fame, famousness, flagrancy, flamboyance, flame, flare, flash, flashiness, flood of light,
floridity, floridness, flush, frown, fulgor, fulgurate, gaiety, gape, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, gaup, gawk, gaze, give light, glad eye,
glance, glaring light,
gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, gloat, glory, glow, glower, glowering look, gnarl, go without saying, goggle, gorgeousness, gouge, growl, hang out, hoodwink, hoopla, hue and cry, incandesce, jauntiness, jazziness, limelight, look black, look
daggers, loom large, loudness, lower, luridness, luster, make a figure, make a
show, make a splash, make blind, malocchio, mantle, maximum dissemination,
meet the gaze, meretriciousness, need
no explanation, notoriety, obscure, obtrusiveness, offense, ogle, ostentation, panache, peer, penetrating look, pique, plug, press notice, project, public eye, public
knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story,
publicness, puff, radiance, radiancy, radiant splendor,
radiate, reclame, redden, refulgence, refulgency, report, resplendence, resplendency, sauter aux
yeux, scowl, send out
rays, sensationalism, shamelessness, shine, shine brightly, shine out,
shine through, shoot,
shoot out rays, shout,
show, show through, show
up, showiness,
snap, snarl, snow-blind, speak for
itself, spit, splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, spotlight, stand forth, stand
out, stare, stick out,
streaming light, strike blind, strike the eye, tawdriness, umbrage, vividness, vulgarness, whammy,
write-up