ˈgla(a)riŋ, -ler-, -rēŋ adjective
Etymology: Middle English glaringe, from glaren to glare + -inge, -ing -ing
1. : marked by a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger : glowering, scowling
trembled at the sight of their glaring eyes
2.
a. : shining with or reflecting a harsh uncomfortably bright light : blindingly bright
glaring spotlights
the still surface of the glaring sea
b.
(1) : showily brilliant : garish , gaudy
glaring colors
(2) : vulgarly ostentatious : blatantly crude
the more raffish and glaring manners of the Regency — R.E.Roberts
3. : painfully obvious : too apparent not to be noticed : flagrant
the gullibility with which we perpetuate glaring errors — Joseph O'Connor
the self-assurance I have mentioned appears at its most glaring in a stupid man — Albert Dasnoy
: unavoidably noticeable : inescapably evident : conspicuous
the contrast between their words and their deeds today is glaring — O.M.Green
Synonyms: see flagrant