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Past tense of glare

regular verb

The past tense of glare is glared. The past participle is also glared.

Forms of glare

Base form (V1)glare /ɡlɛɚ/
Past tense (V2)glared
Past participle (V3)glared
Present participleglaring /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
Third person singularglares

Glared in a sentence

  • The sun glared down on the desert sand.
  • Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.From the entry disapproval
  • He glared furiously at the offender.From the entry furiously
  • Open all the way,” I grumbled and glared down at it.2018, Lila Rose, Making Sense, page 73. From the entry piece of poop
  • "And"—Skeeter glared at Casper with killer eyes—"I kin tell you sumpthin' too, Mistah White Boy.2008, Tracy Price-Thompson, A Woman's Worth, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry seent

Meaning of glare

  1. noun An intense, blinding light.
  2. noun Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
  3. noun An angry or fierce stare.

Full definition of glare

Questions about the past tense of glare

What is the past tense of glare?
The past tense of glare is glared.
What is the past participle of glare?
The past participle of glare is glared.
Is glare a regular or irregular verb?
Glare is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: glare (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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