glare

CEFRB2

/ɡlɛɚ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look angrily at someone.

  2. 02

    noun

    A very bright, uncomfortable light.

Examples

  • The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.

  • There's a lot of glare.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡleː/
  • /ɡliə/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. An angry or fierce stare.

  2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An intense, blinding light.

More examples

In context

  • He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.

  • The sun glared down on the desert sand.

  • a glare of ice

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Origin

verb

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.