Glaring — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

look at with a fixed gaze

be sharply reflected

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈɛstɪmˌeɪɾɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈeəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈeəɹɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈɛstɪmˌeɪɾɪŋ/.

Examples

The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface
The sun glared down on us

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crying blinding gross flagrant glary fulgent blazing rank egregious glare dazzling glower

Parts of Speech

verb	look at with a fixed gaze “The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her”
verb	be sharply reflected “The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface”
verb	shine intensely “The sun glared down on us”
adjective	shining intensely “the blazing sun”
adjective	conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible “a crying shame”

Word Forms

glower	noun	an angry stare
glare	noun	an angry stare

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

grell

mit festem Blick betrachten

🇫🇷French

flagrant

regarder avec un regard fixe

🇪🇸Spanish

deslumbrador

mirar con la mirada fija

🇮🇹Italian

lampante

guardare con sguardo fisso

🇳🇱Dutch

in het oog springend

kijken met een vaste blik

🇵🇹Portuguese

gritante

olhar com olhar fixo

🇷🇺Russian

яркий

смотреть пристальным взглядом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्पष्ट

स्थिर दृष्टि से देखो

🇧🇩Bengali

চকচকে

স্থির দৃষ্টিতে তাকাও

🇮🇳Tamil

கூசும்

ஒரு நிலையான பார்வையுடன் பாருங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

మెరుస్తున్నది

స్థిర దృష్టితో చూడండి

🇮🇳Marathi

चमकणारा

स्थिर नजरेने पहा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચમકદાર

નિશ્ચિત નજરથી જુઓ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ರಾಚುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಸ್ಥಿರ ನೋಟದಿಂದ ನೋಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിളങ്ങുന്ന

നിശ്ചലമായ നോട്ടത്തോടെ നോക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕਦਾਰ

ਇੱਕ ਸਥਿਰ ਨਿਗਾਹ ਨਾਲ ਵੇਖੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

چمکدار

ایک مستحکم نظروں سے دیکھو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

刺眼的

凝视

🇯🇵Japanese

まぶしい

じっと見つめて

🇰🇷Korean

현란한

고정된 시선으로 바라보다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chói mắt

nhìn bằng ánh mắt cố định

🇹🇭Thai

จ้องมอง

มองด้วยสายตาแน่วแน่

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyolok

lihat dengan tatapan tetap

🇵🇭Filipino

nanlilisik

tumingin ng may nakapirming tingin

🇲🇾Malay

silau

memandang dengan pandangan yang tetap

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صارخ

انظر بنظرة ثابتة

🇮🇷Persian

خیره کننده

با نگاهی ثابت نگاه کن

🇹🇷Turkish

göze batan

sabit bir bakışla bakmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

בּוֹלֵט בְּיוֹתֵר

להסתכל במבט קבוע

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