glare

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US /ɡlɛɚ/ UK /ɡlɛə/ See IPA manual

Freq #18004

Meanings

1

verb
To stare at someone in an angry way.

He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
2

noun
An angry, fierce stare.

She gave him a cold glare and walked away.
3

noun
A strong, blinding light.

I shaded my eyes against the glare of the sun.
4

verb
To shine with a harsh, blinding light.

The sun glared down on us all afternoon.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to stare at someone in an... glower

3 noun · a strong, blinding light. blaze

Word family

Forms glaredglaresglaring

Derived forms aglareanti-glareantiglareglarelessglareproofglaringlynonglare

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Phrases (1)

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full glare
The complete, intense brightness of a strong light.

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Glare appeared in Middle English and ultimately belongs to the Indo-European root ghel-, associated with light. The same root lies behind gleam and several other English words beginning with gl- that describe light, including glimmer, glimpse, and glint.

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.

glaren Middle English *glærian Old English *glāʀōn Proto-West Germanic

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# glare

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡlɛɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡlɛə/
**Frequency rank:** 18004

## Meanings
1. To stare at someone in an angry way.
2. An angry, fierce stare.
3. A strong, blinding light.
4. To shine with a harsh, blinding light.

## Examples
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- She gave him a cold glare and walked away.
- I shaded my eyes against the glare of the sun.
- The sun glared down on us all afternoon.

## Derived Forms
- aglare
- anti-glare
- antiglare
- glareless
- glareproof
- glaringly
- nonglare

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glaren
- Root: *glærian
- Root: *glāʀōn

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Glare comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “To stare at someone in an angry way” and “An angry, fierce stare”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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