GLARE


Meaning of GLARE in English

I.

noun

1 strong light

ADJECTIVE

▪ blinding , full , harsh , hot

▪ sudden

A sudden ~ of headlights lit the driveway.

VERB + GLARE

▪ reflect

The walls were whitewashed to reflect the ~ of the sun.

▪ reduce

We wore sunglasses to reduce the ~ from the road.

▪ be blinded by , be dazzled by

For a moment she was blinded by the harsh ~ of the sun.

▪ be caught in

The rabbit was caught in the ~ of the car's headlights.

PREPOSITION

▪ against the ~

We screwed up our eyes against the blinding ~ from the searchlights.

▪ in the ~ of , under the ~ of

Under the ~ of the street lights, visibility was good.

▪ ~ from

PHRASES

▪ the ~ of publicity ( figurative )

The divorce was conducted in the full ~ of media publicity.

2 angry look

ADJECTIVE

▪ angry , baleful , defiant , furious , hostile , malevolent , menacing , withering

▪ icy , steely , stony

▪ warning

VERB + GLARE

▪ fix sb with , give sb , send sb , shoot (sb) , turn on sb

She fixed her questioner with an icy ~.

He sent her a ~ that was full of suspicion.

She shot a warning ~ at her companion.

He turned his baleful ~ on the cowering suspect.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ angrily , balefully , fiercely , furiously

▪ back

I looked at her and she ~d angrily back.

PREPOSITION

▪ at , down at , up at

He stood at the bottom of the stairs, glaring up at us.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .