glare

glare
    n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than
         the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
         sunlight" [syn: {glare}, {blaze}, {brilliance}]
    2: an angry stare [syn: {glare}, {glower}]
    3: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
       limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
       glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: {limelight},
       {spotlight}, {glare}, {public eye}]
    v 1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who
         tried to make a pass at her" [syn: {glower}, {glare}]
    2: be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from
       the lake's surface"
    3: shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
    

Glare \Glare\, n.
   1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes;
      a confusing and bewildering light.
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            The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. A fierce, piercing look or stare.
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            About them round,
            A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. --Milton.
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   3. A viscous, transparent substance. See {Glair}.
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   4. A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice. [U.
      S. ]
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Glare \Glare\, a. [See {Glary}, and {Glare}, n.]
   Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively
   of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]
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Glare \Glare\, v. t.
   To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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         Every eye
         Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
                                                  --Milton.
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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.]
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   1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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            The cavern glares with new-admitted light. --Dryden.
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   2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly,
      angrily, or fiercely.
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            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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207 Moby Thesaurus words for "glare":
      PR, aller sans dire, angry look, appear, ballyhoo, bandage,
      be bright, be evident, be manifest, be no secret, be noticeable,
      be revealed, be seen, be visible, beacon, beam, bedazzle,
      bedroom eyes, benight, blare, blatancy, blaze, blazing light,
      blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, blinding light, blurb, bore,
      brazenness, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy,
      brilliant light, burn, burst of light, celebrity, color,
      colorfulness, come across, come-hither look, common knowledge,
      crudeness, cry, currency, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath,
      darken, dash, daylight, daze, dazzle, dazzling light, dazzlingness,
      deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim, dirty look, eclat, eclipse,
      effulgence, evil eye, excecate, exposure, extravagance,
      extravaganza, extravagation, fame, famousness, flagrancy,
      flamboyance, flame, flare, flash, flashiness, flood of light,
      floridity, floridness, flush, frown, fulgor, fulgurate, gaiety,
      gape, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, gaup, gawk, gaze, give light,
      glad eye, glance, glaring light, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter,
      gloat, glory, glow, glower, glowering look, gnarl,
      go without saying, goggle, gorgeousness, gouge, growl, hang out,
      hoodwink, hoopla, hue and cry, incandesce, jauntiness, jazziness,
      limelight, look black, look daggers, loom large, loudness, lower,
      luridness, luster, make a figure, make a show, make a splash,
      make blind, malocchio, mantle, maximum dissemination,
      meet the gaze, meretriciousness, need no explanation, notoriety,
      obscure, obtrusiveness, offense, ogle, ostentation, panache, peer,
      penetrating look, pique, plug, press notice, project, public eye,
      public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity,
      publicity story, publicness, puff, radiance, radiancy,
      radiant splendor, radiate, reclame, redden, refulgence, refulgency,
      report, resplendence, resplendency, sauter aux yeux, scowl,
      send out rays, sensationalism, shamelessness, shine,
      shine brightly, shine out, shine through, shoot, shoot out rays,
      shout, show, show through, show up, showiness, snap, snarl,
      snow-blind, speak for itself, spit, splash, splendor, splurge,
      sportiness, spotlight, stand forth, stand out, stare, stick out,
      streaming light, strike blind, strike the eye, tawdriness, umbrage,
      vividness, vulgarness, whammy, write-up