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Glare


GLARE, noun

1. A bright dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes.

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare

2. A fierce, piercing look.

--About them round,

A lion now he stalks with fiery glare

3. A viscous transparent substance. [See Glair.]

GLARE, verb intransitive To shine with a clear, bright, dazzling light; as glaring light.

The cavern glares with new admitted light.

1. To look with fierce, piercing eyes.

They glared, like angry lions.

2. To shine with excessive luster; to be ostentatiously splendid; as a glaring dress.

She glares in balls, front boxes and the ring.

GLARE, verb transitive To shoot a dazzling light.