Definitions for glare

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glare glare

Spelling: [glair]

IPA: /glɛər/

Glare is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in glare (aeglr).

Definitions for glare

noun

1. a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
2. a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
3. dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.
4. a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.

verb (used with object)

1. to express with a glare:

verb (used without object)

1. to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light.
2. to stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look.
3. Archaic. to appear conspicuous; stand out obtrusively.

Origin of glare

1250-1300; (v.) Middle English glaren; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren; akin to glass (compare Old English glæren glassy); (noun) Middle English,

Examples for glare

Due to the glare of the sun I was unable to tell if the persons were male or female.

Carlotta's eyes were blinded for a moment by the glare of the house lights.

One proof of that is in the Muslims who now come and go from the ground zero mosque without receiving so much as a glare.

Now stare at the bright screen for a few minutes, giving your open eye plenty of time to adjust to the glare.

They would have stiffened in astonishment could they have translated the "glare."

In 2009 he published a series of photographs with captions from his life, Snapshots in History's glare.

The first look that they gave at the upper world was a glare of wrath and defiance.

He bent his head forward challengingly, to meet the glare of his accuser's eyes.

Then he ventured into the heat and glare of Broadway where humanity stewed and wilted.

Some people stared in curiosity, some in amazement, and others in judgment, so it was interesting to get that glare.