adj
Meaning 1
Reflecting with glare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
glaring
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
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rhymes with -ɛɹɪŋ
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adj
Meaning 2
Blatant, obvious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of giving a glare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A group of cats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
- 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution” Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats. Sheldon: Clowder. Leonard: What? Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of glare
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
shining intensely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crying(a), egregious, flagrant, gross, rank
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, glare + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) — reflecting with glare
- Bulgarian: ослепителен (oslepitelen) — reflecting with glare
- Chinese Mandarin: 閃耀的 /闪耀的 (shǎnyào de) — reflecting with glare
- Finnish: häikäisevä — reflecting with glare
- German: grell leuchtend — reflecting with glare
- German: hell strahlend — reflecting with glare
- Hungarian: csillogó — reflecting with glare
- Ingrian: häikävä — reflecting with glare
- Ingrian: häikävälliin — reflecting with glare
- Japanese: 眩しい (mabushii) — reflecting with glare
- Portuguese: reluzente — reflecting with glare
- Russian: ослепи́тельный (oslepítelʹnyj) — reflecting with glare
- Russian: слепя́щий (slepjáščij) — reflecting with glare
- Spanish: reluciente — reflecting with glare
- Swedish: bländande — reflecting with glare
- Volapük: tulitik — reflecting with glare
- Bulgarian: явен (javen) — blatant, obvious
- Bulgarian: фрапантен (frapanten) — blatant, obvious
- Chinese Mandarin: 明顯 /明显 (míngxiǎn) — blatant, obvious
- Chinese Mandarin: 明顯的 /明显的 (míngxiǎn de) — blatant, obvious
- Czech: do očí bijící — blatant, obvious
- Finnish: silmiinpistävä — blatant, obvious
- Finnish: räikeä — blatant, obvious
- French: évident — blatant, obvious
- German: krass — blatant, obvious
- German: schreiend — blatant, obvious
- German: eklatant — blatant, obvious
- Italian: palese — blatant, obvious
- Italian: ovvio — blatant, obvious
- Italian: evidente — blatant, obvious
- Italian: lampante — blatant, obvious
- Japanese: 目立つ (medatsu) — blatant, obvious
- Korean: 노골적인, 뻔한 (nogoljeogin, ppeonhan) — blatant, obvious
- Norwegian: iøynefallende — blatant, obvious
- Portuguese: óbvio — blatant, obvious
- Portuguese: gritante — blatant, obvious
- Russian: вопию́щий (vopijúščij) — blatant, obvious
- Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — blatant, obvious
- Russian: я́вный (jávnyj) — blatant, obvious
- Spanish: evidente — blatant, obvious
- Spanish: obvio — blatant, obvious
- Spanish: garrafal — blatant, obvious
- Spanish: flagrante — blatant, obvious
- Spanish: palmario — blatant, obvious
- Swedish: uppenbar — blatant, obvious