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glaring daggers

glaring daggers is the present participle and gerund of glare daggers.

Meaning of glare daggers

Verb

glare daggers (third-person singular simple present glares daggers, present participle glaring daggers, simple past and past participle glared daggers)

  1. Synonym of look daggers.
    • Hypatius, to do him justice, crimsoned with shame and indignation at the effect of his thoughtless speech, and glared daggers at the aristocratic ruffian beside him.1879, Henry Pottinger, “The Suppliants” (chapter XI), in Blue and Green: Or, The Gift of God, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 189
    Synonyms:
    look daggers

Questions about glaring daggers

What is glaring daggers the present participle and gerund of?
Glaring daggers is the present participle and gerund of glare daggers.

Words near glaring daggers in the dictionary

  1. glargines
  2. glarier
  3. glariest
  4. glariness
  5. glaring
  6. glaring daggers
  7. glaringly
  8. glaringness
  9. glarings
  10. glark
  11. glarked

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