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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLARE, n.
1. A bright dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
2. A fierce, piercing look.
--About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
3. A viscous transparent substance. [See Glair.]
GLARE, v.i. To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as glaring light.
The cavern glares with new admitted light.
1. To look with fierce, piercing eyes.
They glared, like angry lions.
2. To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as a glaring dress.
She glares in balls, front boxes and the ring.
GLARE, v.t. To shoot a dazzling light.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
2: an angry stare [syn: glare, glower]
3: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] v
1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower, glare]
2: be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
3: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (glared; glaring) Etymology: Middle English glaren; akin to Old English glęs glass Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light b. stand out, obtrude 2. to stare angrily or fiercely transitive verb 1. to express (as hostility) by staring angrily 2. archaic to cause to be sharply reflected II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. a harsh uncomfortably bright light <the glare of a neon sign> <the glare of publicity>; especially painfully bright sunlight b. cheap showy brilliance ; garishness 2. an angry or fierce stare 3. a surface or sheet of smooth and slippery ice

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by at, upon) look fiercely or fixedly. 2 intr. shine dazzlingly or disagreeably. 3 tr. express (hate, defiance, etc.) by a look. 4 intr. be over-conspicuous or obtrusive. --n. 1 a strong fierce light, esp. sunshine. b oppressive public attention (the glare of fame). 2 a fierce or fixed look (a glare of defiance). 3 tawdry brilliance. Derivatives: glary adj. Etymology: ME, prob. ult. rel. to GLASS: cf. MDu. and MLG glaren gleam, glare 2. adj. US (esp. of ice) smooth and glassy. Etymology: perh. f. glare frost (16th c., of uncert. orig.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glare Glare (gl[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glared; p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.] [OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.] 1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron. 3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glare Glare, v. t. To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glare Glare, n. 1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. --Dryden. 2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton. 3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair. 4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U. S. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glare Glare, a. [See Glary, and Glare, n.] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(glares, glaring, glared) 1. If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face. The old woman glared at him... Jacob glared and muttered something. ...glaring eyes. VERB: V at n, V, V-ing 2. A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look. His glasses magnified his irritable glare. N-COUNT 3. If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. The sunlight glared. ...glaring searchlight beams. VERB: V, V-ing 4. Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at. ...the glare of a car's headlights... Special-purpose glasses reduce glare. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 5. If someone is in the glare of publicity or public attention, they are constantly being watched and talked about by a lot of people. Norma is said to dislike the glare of publicity... She attacked police in the full glare of TV cameras. N-SING: the N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Flare, dazzle, glitter, glisten, gleam, sparkle. 2. Glower, look fierce, look black. II. n. 1. Glitter, flare, dazzling light. 2. Fierce look, glower.

Moby Thesaurus

PR, aller sans dire, angry look, appear, ballyhoo, bandage, be bright, be evident, be manifest, be no secret, be noticeable, be revealed, be seen, be visible, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bedroom eyes, benight, blare, blatancy, blaze, blazing light, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, blinding light, blurb, bore, brazenness, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light, burn, burst of light, celebrity, color, colorfulness, come across, come-hither look, common knowledge, crudeness, cry, currency, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, darken, dash, daylight, daze, dazzle, dazzling light, dazzlingness, deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim, dirty look, eclat, eclipse, effulgence, evil eye, excecate, exposure, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, fame, famousness, flagrancy, flamboyance, flame, flare, flash, flashiness, flood of light, floridity, floridness, flush, frown, fulgor, fulgurate, gaiety, gape, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, gaup, gawk, gaze, give light, glad eye, glance, glaring light, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, gloat, glory, glow, glower, glowering look, gnarl, go without saying, goggle, gorgeousness, gouge, growl, hang out, hoodwink, hoopla, hue and cry, incandesce, jauntiness, jazziness, limelight, look black, look daggers, loom large, loudness, lower, luridness, luster, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, make blind, malocchio, mantle, maximum dissemination, meet the gaze, meretriciousness, need no explanation, notoriety, obscure, obtrusiveness, offense, ogle, ostentation, panache, peer, penetrating look, pique, plug, press notice, project, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, radiance, radiancy, radiant splendor, radiate, reclame, redden, refulgence, refulgency, report, resplendence, resplendency, sauter aux yeux, scowl, send out rays, sensationalism, shamelessness, shine, shine brightly, shine out, shine through, shoot, shoot out rays, shout, show, show through, show up, showiness, snap, snarl, snow-blind, speak for itself, spit, splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, spotlight, stand forth, stand out, stare, stick out, streaming light, strike blind, strike the eye, tawdriness, umbrage, vividness, vulgarness, whammy, write-up