'Glare' definitions:
Definition of 'glare'
(from WordNet)
noun
A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
noun
An angry stare [syn: glare, glower]
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" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye]
verb
Look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower, glare]
verb
Be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
verb
Shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
Definition of 'Glare'
From: GCIDE
- Glare \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, dazzling light. [1913 Webster]
- The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. [1913 Webster]
- And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. [1913 Webster]
- She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glare'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Glare'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Glare'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
- About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glare'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- PR,
- 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