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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
        angrily, or fiercely.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. --Byron.
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     3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be
        ostentatiously splendid or gay.
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              She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
                                                    --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Glaring \Glar"ing\, a.
     Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring
     crime. -- Glar"ing*ly, adv.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Glaring \Glar"ing\, a.
     Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring
     crime. -- Glar"ing*ly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  glaring
       adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights";
              "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the
              glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling,
              fulgent, glary]
       2: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
          crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
          human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude";
          "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
           flagrant, gross, rank]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  glaring
     a.
     1 Reflecting with glare.
     2 blatant, obvious.
     n.
     1 The act of giving a glare.
     2 (lb en rare) A group of cats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en glare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  glaring
     a.
     1 Reflecting with glare.
     2 blatant, obvious.
     n.
     1 The act of giving a glare.
     2 (lb en rare) A group of cats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en glare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  glaring
     a.
     1 Reflecting with glare.
     2 blatant, obvious.
     n.
     1 The act of giving a glare.
     2 (lb en rare) A group of cats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en glare nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  glaring
     a.
     1 Reflecting with glare.
     2 blatant, obvious.
     n.
     1 The act of giving a glare.
     2 (lb en rare) A group of cats.
     vb.
     (present participle of en glare nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Glaring /ɡlˈeəɹɪŋ/
  السطع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  glaring //ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ// //ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ// 
  1. фрапантен, явен
  blatant, obvious
  2. ослепителен, ярък
  reflecting with glare

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  glaring /ɡlˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  oslňující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  glaring /ɡlˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  nápadný