Glare

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Full definition of glare

Noun

1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
• Drydenthe frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. An angry or fierce stare.
• MiltonAbout them round,
  A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
4. (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.a glare of ice
6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To stare angrily.He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
• Byronan eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
2. (intransitive) To shine brightly.The sun glared down on the desert sand.
• DrydenThe cavern glares with new-admitted light.
3. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
• Alexander PopeShe glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
4. (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
• MiltonEvery eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.

Derived terms

• aglare
• glaringly
• glare filter

Adjective

1. (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glaryskating on glare ice

Anagrams

• Alger
• Elgar
• lager
• large
• regal