glare daggers

verb

Synonym of look daggers.

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look daggers
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

verbglare daggers (third-person singular simple present glares daggers, present participle glaring daggers, simple past and past participle glared daggers)

present singular third person glares daggers · participle present glaring daggers · participle past glared daggers · past glared daggers

  1. Synonym of look daggers.First known use 19th c.

    Hypatius, to do him justice, crimsoned with shame and indignation at the effect of his thoughtless speech, and glared daggers at the aristocratic ruffian beside him.

    1879, Henry Pottinger, “The Suppliants” (chapter XI), in Blue and Green: Or, The Gift of God, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 189

    Synonyms: look daggers

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of look daggers.

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look daggers
Also see
look daggers
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