glare

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

   a glare of sunlight

2. 2
   verb

   look at with a fixed gaze

   The bartender glared at anyone who tried to harass their favorite patron.

3. 3
   verb

   shine intensely

   The sun glared down on us

4. 4
   verb

   be sharply reflected

   The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface

5. 5
   noun

   An intense, blinding light.

   the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare

6. 6
   noun

   An angry or fierce stare.

   About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.

7. 7
   noun

   A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

   a glare of ice

8. 8
   verb

   To stare angrily.

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

Etymology

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.