glare

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
2. (countable, uncountable) Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. (countable, uncountable) An angry or fierce stare.
4. (countable, uncountable) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
6. (countable, uncountable) A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To stare angrily.
2. (intransitive) To shine brightly.
3. (intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
4. (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Adj

smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Conceptes

enlluernar

enlluernament

mirar

mirada fulminant

reverberar

resplendor

mirada desafiant

Sinònims

glower

scowl

shine

frown

sparkle

❇️

stare

glitter

gleam

blaze

brilliance

flash

luster

twinkle

glow

dazzle

flare

glare at

beam

radiate

gaze

glint

look

brightness

limelight

glisten

public eye

light

lightning

gape

splendor

spotlight

lambency

lower

emit

bright light

lustre

grimace

roast

share

sheen

shimmer

shininess

shining

shiny

sneer

sparkling

splendour

stand out

sulk

twinkling

Traduccions

deslumbrar

éclat

fixer

bagliore

Blendung

resplandor

clarão

accecare

λάμψη

λάμπω

riflesso

briller

glare

άγριο βλέμμα

éblouir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡlɛɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: glaren

Heretat de anglès antic: glærian

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: glariën

Cognat amb baix alemany: glaren

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: glaren

In summary

From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.