What is the meaning of glaring?

verb

  • Look at with a fixed gaze.
    • usage: "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"
  • Be sharply reflected.
    • usage: "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
  • Shine intensely.
    • usage: "The sun glared down on us"

adjective

  • Shining intensely.
    • usage: "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
  • Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
    • usage: "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
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APAWordNet. (2010). glaring. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/glaring/definitions/1174875
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MLAWordNet. "glaring" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/glaring/definitions/1174875>
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