Definitions for glaring

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glaring glar·ing

Spelling: [glair-ing]

IPA: /ˈglɛər ɪŋ/

Glaring is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in glaring (aggilnr).

Definitions for glaring

noun

1. a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
2. a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
3. dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.

adjective

1. shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
2. very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant:
3. staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.
4. excessively showy or bright; garish.

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 glaring

Middle English: word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at glare¹, -ing²

Examples for glaring

Now Oakley is probably a town no different than scores of others in most ways, with one glaring exception.

The light, in short, as his was, is too glaring to be borne.

He gathered hat and stick, glaring indignantly at each of them and then at us.

Experts we spoke with said this is a glaring caveat that makes it difficult to create a national estimate from the results.

"I say she shan't marry you," said Dick, glaring at the other.

In the face of those statistics, these two non-indictments are glaring.

He had a fine eye for moral hypocrisy, and I know that a glaring example of it would not have escaped his notice.

"At present, there are no Latinos in the leadership of the Department of Justice, it's a glaring absence," he said.

She stood out with absolute distinctness in the glaring light.

"There'll be somebody else as the chief identifier," said Bagley, glaring at Turl.