Glaring

//ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of giving a glare.

    "Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!"

  2. 2
    A group of cats. rare

    "2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution” Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats. Sheldon: Clowder. Leonard: What? Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of glare form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Reflecting with glare.
  2. 2
    Blatant, obvious.

    "How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    shining intensely wordnet
  2. 2
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
blindingegregiousabsolutearrantatrociousbedazzling

Example

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"The glaring headlights dazzled us for a moment."

Etymology

By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

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