/ gleə(r); NAmE gler/ verb , noun
■ verb [ v ]
1.
glare (at sb/sth) to look at sb/sth in an angry way
SYN glower :
He didn't shout, he just glared at me silently.
2.
to shine with a very bright unpleasant light
■ noun
1.
[ U , sing. ] a very bright, unpleasant light :
the glare of the sun
The rabbit was caught in the glare of the car's headlights.
These sunglasses are designed to reduce glare.
( figurative )
The divorce was conducted in the full glare of publicity (= with continuous attention from newspapers and television) .
2.
[ C ] a long, angry look :
to give sb a hostile glare
➡ note at stare , look
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense shine strongly ): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren to gleam, glare: perhaps related to glass . The sense stare occurred first in the adjective glaring ( late Middle English ).