glare Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.

imperfect & past participle Glared ; present participle & verbal noun Glaring

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.

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

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

See Glary, and Glare, n.

Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. U. S. used generally of reflections of the sun