Glare Meaning
/ɡlɛɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn intense, blinding light.
nounShowy brilliance; gaudiness.
Sentence Examples
There's a lot of glare.
The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He was so angry that he continued to ____ at his opponent without stopping.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The intense ____ from the sun reflecting off the water made it very difficult to see without sunglasses.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare"
— 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"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:
"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 XXXIX:
"Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]"
— 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He was so angry that he continued to ____ at his opponent without stopping.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The intense ____ from the sun reflecting off the water made it very difficult to see without sunglasses.