glore

glore verb: to gaze intently, stare. Also the alternative form of glor.

Verb

glore (third-person singular simple present glores, present participle gloring, simple past and past participle glored)

(archaic, dialectal) To gaze intently, stare.
(archaic, dialectal) To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
(dialectal) To glow, shine.
(dialectal) To squint.

Noun

glore (plural glores)

(dialectal) A stare, fixed gaze.
(dialectal) A glow.

Proper noun capitalized: Glore

Glore (plural Glores)

A surname.

Also used as

glore is also the alternative form of glor.

Forms of glore

Verb
third-person singular present	glores
present participle	gloring
past participle	glored
past	glored
Noun
plural	glores
Adjective
comparative	more glore
superlative	most glore
Proper noun
plural	Glores

Origin of glore

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

Words formed from glore

glory

Questions about glore

What does glore mean?: Glore means to gaze intently, stare.
What part of speech is glore?: Glore can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of glore?: The past tense of glore is glored.

Words near glore in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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