Meanings
plural glares
- countableuncountableShowy brilliance; gaudiness.
- countableuncountableAn angry or fierce stare.
About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC - countableuncountablecommunicationsA call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- UScountableuncountableA smooth, bright, glassy surface.
a glare of ice
- countableuncountableA viscous, transparent substance; glair.
present singular third person glares · participle present glaring · participle past glared · past glared
- intransitiveTo stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
2 more examples
eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXIXThor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110 - intransitiveTo shine brightly.
The sun glared down on the desert sand.
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The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC - intransitiveTo be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
- transitiveTo shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
comparative more glare · superlative most glare
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*glarōn
- Old English*glærian
- Middle Englishglaren
- Englishglare
From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَهَج
- وَهَج (wahaj)light
Bulgarian блясък, втренчен поглед
- блясък (bljasăk)light
- втренчен поглед (vtrenčen pogled)angry or fierce stare
- гледам втренчено (gledam vtrenčeno)to stare angrily
Catalan brillantor, esclat
- brillantorlight
- esclatlight
- ressollight
Czech záře, zlostný pohled
- zářelight
- zlostný pohledangry or fierce stare
- zlostně hledětto stare angrily
- zářitto shine brightly
- planoutto shine brightly
- zářitto be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
Danish blændende lys, skin
- blændende lyslight
- skinbrilliance
- gennemborende blikangry or fierce stare
- stirreto stare angrily
- gloto stare angrily
- skinneto shine brightly
- blændeto shine brightly
Esperanto brilego, kolerrigard
- brilegolight
- kolerrigardto stare angrily
Finnish häikäisevä valo, komeilu
- häikäisevä valolight
- komeilubrilliance
- prameilubrilliance
- pöyhkeilybrilliance
- vihainen tuijotusangry or fierce stare
- vihainen katseangry or fierce stare
- mulkoiluangry or fierce stare
- tuijottaa vihaisestito stare angrily
- mulkoillato stare angrily
- mulkaistato stare angrily
- paahtaa (of sun esp.)to shine brightly
- loistaato shine brightly
- säteilläto be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
- loistaato be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
- loistaato shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
- leiskuato shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
French éclat, éclat
- éclatlight
- éclatbrilliance
German Blendung, entrüstetes Starren
- Blendunglight
- entrüstetes Starrenangry or fierce stare
- missbilligend anstarrento stare angrily
Hindi तरेरना
- तरेरना (tarernā)to stare angrily
Irish dallrú, súil fhiata
- dallrúlight
- súil fhiataangry or fierce stare
- drochshúilangry or fierce stare
Italian bagliore, lampo
- bagliorelight
- lampolight
- frecciataangry or fierce stare
Korean 노려보다
- 노려보다 (noryeoboda)to stare angrily
Māori kōnakonako, whakakarukaru
- kōnakonakolight
- whakakarukaruto stare angrily
- hīnanato stare angrily
- koirato stare angrily
- whākanakanato stare angrily
Norwegian Bokmål gjenskinn, stirre
- gjenskinnlight
- stirreto stare angrily
- gloto stare angrily
- skuleto stare angrily
Polish blask, blask
- blasklight
- blaskbrilliance
Portuguese clarão, fulminar com os olhos
- clarãolight
- fulminar com os olhosto stare angrily
- brilharto shine brightly
- reluzirto shine brightly
Russian свечение, блеск
- свечение (svečenije)light
- блеск (blesk)light
- сияние (sijanije)light
- блеск (blesk)brilliance
- сияние (sijanije)brilliance
- хищный взгляд (xiščnyj vzgljad)angry or fierce stare
- хищно глядеть (xiščno gljadetʹ)to stare angrily
- слепить (slepitʹ)to shine brightly
- сиять (sijatʹ)to shine brightly
- сиять (sijatʹ)to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
- блистать (blistatʹ)to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid
- светиться (svetitʹsja)to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
- испускать (ispuskatʹ)to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
- сверкать (sverkatʹ)to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light
Spanish deslumbramiento, deslumbre
- deslumbramientolight
- deslumbrelight
- mirada fulminanteangry or fierce stare
- mirar fulminantementeto stare angrily
Welsh llewyrch, llewych
- llewyrchlight
- llewychlight
- hylldremangry or fierce stare
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glare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glare
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