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View definitions for glare

glare

noun as in very bright light, shine

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noun as in dirty look

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verb as in give a dirty look

verb as in shine very brightly

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In the second that the light brushed across her face she squeezed her eyes shut against the glare, and you did too, a moment later, though the light hadn’t touched you.

The two planets came equally close in 1623, but that phenomenon was impossible to see from Earth because of glare from the sun, he added.

Because of the sun’s glare, astronomers couldn’t observe Phaethon when it was closest to the sun.

Curved monitors are known to be susceptible to glare, so if you are only working with permanent lighting fixtures, it might be safer to go with a flat-screen.

The anti-reflective coating cuts down on glare to make view ability even better.

I find my glasses and look at Pimples over the rims with my best grounded-for-life glare.

Linden Avenue is bright and empty in the blue glare of the street lamps.

It seemed the party, which is mainly staffed by volunteers, was starting to crack under the pressure of the media glare.

One proof of that is in the Muslims who now come and go from the ground zero mosque without receiving so much as a glare.

Due to the glare of the sun I was unable to tell if the persons were male or female.

She looked from the picture to her daughter, with a frightful glare, in their before mild aspect.

It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.

Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.

The long green blinds kept out the glare of the sunshine; and at first he saw the room but dimly.

Another man who was in the room rose also, as if galvanized by the glare of the fierce blue eyes.

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On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glare, such as: flame, glow, blaze, brilliance, dazzle, and flare.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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