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Definition of Glaring
1. Adjective. Shining intensely. "The glaring sun"
2. Adjective. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. "Rank treachery"
Definition of Glaring
1. a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime; a glaring mistake.
Definition of Glaring
1. Adjective. Reflecting with glare. ¹
2. Adjective. Blatant, obvious. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of glare) ¹
4. Noun. A (group) of (cat cats). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glaring
1. glare [v] - See also: glare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaring
Literary usage of Glaring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"A glaring absurdity will Ire seen instantly without the aid of reflection ...
The glaring side is ; hat of enmity. Вити. The animosities increased, ..."
2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... the earth in a flash of lightning: she might have tainted the atmosphere with
her breath; the very glaring of her eyes might have scattered infection. ..."
3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"It contained a noble principle and glaring defects.—Character of the founders of
tlie Constitution. —Hamilton.—Franklin.—His cookery-book philosophy. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... glaring (esp. of what is bad); spec, notorious, gaudy, rampageous, brilliant,
celebrated, distinguished, remarkable. Antonyms: see OBSCURE, UNNOTICEABLE ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"The of discolored houses not unlike the houses of Naples; of embassies and
churches; of glaring shops and cafés glittering with plate-glass, through which ..."
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