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glaring

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glar·ing  (glârng)
adj.
1. Shining intensely and blindingly: the glaring noonday sun.
2. Tastelessly showy or bright; garish.
3. Conspicuous; obvious: a glaring error. See Synonyms at flagrant.
4. Staring with anger, fierceness, or hostility: glaring eyes.

glaring·ly adv.

glaring
Adjective
conspicuous or obvious: glaring inconsistencies
glaringly adv

Glaring of cats; a company of cats very uncertain of each other.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.glaring - shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
2.glaring - 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"
conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

glaring
Translations
glaring [ˈglɛərɪŋ] adj [mistake] → manifiesto
glaring [ˈglɛərɪŋ] glare adj [mistake] → criant(e)qui saute aux yeux
glaring [ˈglɛərɪŋ] glare adjeklatant
glaring [ˈglɛərɪŋ] adj [mistake] → madornale


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Suddenly he observed a face glaring down on him and began to be very frightened; but looking more closely he found it was only a Mask such as actors use to put over their face.
His face was turned to the hillside, where a man had just emerged from the woods, and was halting irresolutely before the glaring expanse of upheaved gravel and glistening boulders that stretched between him and the shaded group.
The next thing I saw was that, from outside, he had reached the window, and then I knew that, close to the glass and glaring in through it, he offered once more to the room his white face of damnation.
 
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