glare

Meaning

Adj

smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

watch

⌚

become inflamed

burst into flame

dazzling light

reflected light

sharp look

sharp-sidelong glance

shine at

astound

resplend

bake

bloom

bright

brighten

coruscate

coruscation

eclat

effulgence

eradiate

excel at

exude

eye

👁️

flicker

fry

gaudiness

gawk

glamor

glamour

glance

glossy

glowing

highlight

inflame

leer

light up

luminescence

polished

radiance

radiancy

radiant

reflect

reflection

refulgence

resplendence

resplendency

reverberate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡlɛɚ/

Etymology

From Middle English glaren, from Old English glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn. 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.