glare

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To stare angrily.
  • To shine brightly.
  • To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
  • To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle English glaren, from Old English glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn. 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.

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