glare

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In that white field the glare was almost unbearable.

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  1. intransitive verb To stare fixedly and angrily. See Synonyms at gaze.
  2. intransitive verb To shine intensely and blindingly: A hot sun glared down on the desert.
  3. intransitive verb To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively: The headline glared from the page.

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  • Screening him from the glare were the backs of people's heads: Tom Randolph's head and his girl's, side by side, their cheeks touching, the pointed red chin of one of the Australians and the frizzy hair of the other woman In the entr'acte they all stood at the bar, where it was very hot and an orchestra was playing and there were many men in khaki in all stages of drunkenness, being led about by women who threw jokes at each other behind the men's backs Here's to mud," said one of the Australians. —  One Man's Initiation—1917
  • With their faces rendered ghastly under the glare, and their bodies magnified to gigantic proportions, they presented to our eyes a wild and spectral appearance With the flash there was no thunder--neither the close quick clap, nor the distant rumble. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
  • The stare turned to a glare, and then as if mutinying against his god, as Kawa Kendi had done when summoning rain, he suddenly snatched at the frame and flung it upon the floor with an oath, grabbed up a fountain pen and began to write Indeed zu Pfeiffer was half insane with anger which he was disposed to vent upon Lucille by proxy as the source of yet another trouble and possibly official disgrace. —  Witch-Doctors
  • Wagon and contents shot into the air with a great sound and glare, and out of the light about the place came a frightful crying. —  The Long Roll
  • Raising her hands she pressed them to her eyes as though to shut out a veritable lightning glare, then dropped them. —  The Long Roll
 

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

glow ·  gleam ·  flash ·  blaze ·  stare ·  flame ·  brightness ·  flare ·  ray ·  sunlight ·  glance ·  red

Used in the same contextWord Family

glare:   glaring ·  glared ·  glares
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English glaren, to glitter; akin to Middle Low German glaren, to glisten; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Probably from glare1.

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  1. from Middle English glaren, shine brightly, also look fiercely, = Middle Low German glaren, Low German glaren, shine brightly, glow, burn, = Middle High German glaren, shine brightly; allied to Middle English gloren, shine brightly, look fiercely, glower (see glore, glower); prob. secondary forms of the verb-root from which are derived Anglo-Saxon glær, amber, and glæs, glass, etc.: see glass.
  2. from glare, v.
  3. from glare, n.
 

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