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glaring definition

glaring


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  glare 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  glare 
 
  Sense  4 
  glare 
  =>  beat 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  glare 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  glare 
 
  Sense  4 
  glare 
  =>  beat 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  glare 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  glare 
 
  4  senses  of  glare 
 
  Sense  1 
  glower,  glare 
  =>  stare 
 
  Sense  2 
  glare 
  =>  reflect,  shine 
 
  Sense  3 
  glare 
  =>  shine,  beam 
 
  Sense  4 
  glare 
  =>  shine,  beam 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  glare 
 
  glare  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  glare 
 
  Sense  1 
  glower,  glare 
  =>  stare 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  glare 
  =>  reflect,  shine 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  glare 
  =>  shine,  beam 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  glare 
  =>  shine,  beam 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  glare 
 
  The  verb  glare  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  glower,  glare  --  (look  at  with  a  fixed  gaze:  "The  girl  glared  at  the  man  who  tried  to  make  a  pass  at  her") 
  2.  glare  --  (be  sharply  reflected;  "The  moon  glared  back  at  itself  from  the  lake's  surface.") 
  3.  glare  --  (shine  with  a  harsh,  uncomfortably  brilliant  light;  "Not  even  the  sea  can  glare  like  the  sun.") 
  4.  glare  --  (shine  intensely;  "The  sun  glared  down  on  us") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  glaring 
 
  The  adj  glaring  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  blazing,  blinding,  dazzling,  fulgent,  glaring,  glary  --  (shining  intensely;  "the  blazing  sun";  "blinding  headlights";  "dazzling  snow";  "fulgent  patterns  of  sunlight";  "the  glaring  sun") 
  2.  (1)  crying,  egregious,  flagrant,  glaring,  gross,  rank  --  (conspicuously  and  outrageously  bad  or  reprehensible;  "a  crying  shame";  "an  egregious  lie";  "flagrant  violation  of  human  rights";  "a  glaring  error";  "gross  ineptitude";  "gross  injustice";  "rank  treachery") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  glaring 
 
  2  senses  of  glaring 
 
  Sense  1 
  blazing,  blinding,  dazzling,  fulgent,  glaring,  glary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bright)  ->  dull 
 
  Sense  2 
  crying(postnominal),  egregious,  flagrant,  glaring,  gross,  rank 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conspicuous)  ->  inconspicuous,  invisible 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  glaring 
 
  2  senses  of  glaring 
 
  Sense  1 
  blazing,  blinding,  dazzling,  fulgent,  glaring,  glary 
  =>  bright  (vs.  dull) 
 
  Sense  2 
  crying(postnominal),  egregious,  flagrant,  glaring,  gross,  rank 
  =>  conspicuous  (vs.  inconspicuous),  obvious 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  glaring 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  glaring 
 
  glaring  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  glaring 
  glaring 
 
  Overview  of  verb  glare 
 
  The  verb  glare  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  glower,  glare  --  (look  at  with  a  fixed  gaze:  "The  girl  glared  at  the  man  who  tried  to  make  a  pass  at  her") 
  2.  glare  --  (be  sharply  reflected;  "The  moon  glared  back  at  itself  from  the  lake's  surface.") 
  3.  glare  --  (shine  with  a  harsh,  uncomfortably  brilliant  light;  "Not  even  the  sea  can  glare  like  the  sun.") 
  4.  glare  --  (shine  intensely;  "The  sun  glared  down  on  us") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  glaring 
 
  The  adj  glaring  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  blazing,  blinding,  dazzling,  fulgent,  glaring,  glary  --  (shining  intensely;  "the  blazing  sun";  "blinding  headlights";  "dazzling  snow";  "fulgent  patterns  of  sunlight";  "the  glaring  sun") 
  2.  (1)  crying,  egregious,  flagrant,  glaring,  gross,  rank  --  (conspicuously  and  outrageously  bad  or  reprehensible;  "a  crying  shame";  "an  egregious  lie";  "flagrant  violation  of  human  rights";  "a  glaring  error";  "gross  ineptitude";  "gross  injustice";  "rank  treachery") 



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