glare
/ɡlɛə//ɡlɛɚ/
glare noun: an intense, blinding light.
Noun
glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)
- An intense, blinding light.
- the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- An angry or fierce stare.
- About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
- a glare of ice
- A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
Verb
glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)
- To stare angrily.
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- eye that scorcheth all it glares upon1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC...
- To shine brightly.
- The sun glared down on the desert sand.
- The cavern glares with new-admitted light.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
- 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
- 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
- To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
- Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Adjective
glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)
- smooth and bright or translucent; glary
- skating on glare ice
glare meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
glare in Hindi
- to stare angrily
- तरेरना tarernā
glare in Tamil
- முறைப்பு, கண்ணைக் கூசும் வெளிச்சம், முறைத்துப் பார்
glare in Urdu
- glare
- چمک camak
glare in Telugu
- glare, radiance
- ఎండ eṇḍa
More languagesFewer languages
- glare in Malayalam
- ഉറ്റുനോക്കുക, ഉജ്ജ്വലിക്കുക, തുറിച്ചുനോക്കുക, ഭീഷണിയായി നോക്കുക
- glare in Kannada
- ದುರುದುರುನೋಟ, ನೆಟ್ಟನೋಟ, ದಿಟ್ಟಿಸಿ ನೋಡುವನೋಟ, ಉಗ್ರನೋಟ
- glare in Gujarati
- ઝગઝગાટ
- glare in Arabic
- وَهَج wahaj
Examples of glare in a sentence
- I only go outdoors at night, away from the daystar's burning glare.
- Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation.
- Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.
Forms of glare
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | glares |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | glares |
| present participle | glaring |
| past participle | glared |
| past | glared |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more glare |
| superlative | most glare |
Origin of glare
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.
Words formed from glare
Phrases with glare
Words that rhyme with glare
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about glare
- What does glare mean?
- Glare means an intense, blinding light.
- What is glare in Hindi?
- Glare in Hindi is तरेरना (tarernā). See Glare meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glare?
- Glare can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce glare?
- Glare is pronounced /ɡlɛɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of glare?
- The plural of glare is glares.
Words near glare in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glare (page history and authors); glare (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چمک (Urdu) (page history and authors); ఎండ (Telugu) (page history and authors); glare (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glare (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glare (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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