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[ verb ] look at with a fixed gaze

Synonyms

glower

Examples

: "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

His eyes were old and they never saw well , but heated with whisky they 'd glare at my noise , growing red and raising_up his rage .

Pa had his head up , glaring , his teeth gnawing at the place where he 'd grown a mustache once .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

The girl tapped the quirt impatiently against her knee and glared at him .

Related terms

stare

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[ noun ] great brightness

Synonyms

brilliance blaze

Examples

"a glare of sunlight" "the flowers were a blaze of color"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Then she went_back to the wicker chair and resolutely adjusted her eyes to the glare on the water .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Starting with the room completely blacked_out , as it was when we came_in , he unerringly fixed things so that the whole place was bathed in the maximum of light without at any point admitting even so much as a crack of glare .

Related terms

brightness blaze

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[ noun ] an angry stare

Synonyms

glower

Related terms

stare frown

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[ verb ] shine with a harsh, uncomfortably brilliant light

Examples

"Not even the sea can glare like the sun."

Related terms

shine beat

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[ verb ] be sharply reflected

Examples

"The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface."

Related terms

reflect

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[ noun ] a focus of public attention

Examples

"he enjoyed being in the limelight" "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

Related terms

prominence foreground

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[ verb ] shine intensely

Examples

"The sun glared down on us"

Related terms

shine beat

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