glare

(Engels)

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡlɛɚ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: glaren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: glærian

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: glariën

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: glaren

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: 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.

Concepten

glare

schitteren

schittering

gloren

stralen

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

deslumbrar

éclat

fixer

bagliore

briller

resplandor

clarão

accecare

λάμπω

λάμψη

riflesso

Blendung

enlluernar

anblitzen

glare