Synonyms for glare
glɛərglare

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1. glare

   Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

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1. glare

   Synonyms:
   beam, shine, gleam, ray, radiate, glow

   Antonyms:
   shimmer, scintillate, glitter, smoulder, glimmer, glisten, glister, sparkle, flash, flicker

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1. glare, blaze, brilliancenoun

   a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

   "a glare of sunlight"

   Synonyms:
   hell, grandeur, genius, blazing, glower, spotlight, splendor, limelight, magnificence, brilliance, grandness, splendour, public eye, blaze

2. glare, glowernoun

   an angry stare

   Synonyms:
   glower, spotlight, limelight, brilliance, blaze, public eye

3. limelight, spotlight, glare, public eyeverb

   a focus of public attention

   "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

   Synonyms:
   spot, calcium light, spotlight, glower, limelight, brilliance, public eye, blaze

4. glower, glareverb

   look at with a fixed gaze

   "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

   Synonyms:
   glower, lower, frown, lour

5. glareverb

   be sharply reflected

   "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

   Synonyms:
   glower

6. glareverb

   shine intensely

   "The sun glared down on us"

   Synonyms:
   glower

Matched Categories

1. • Brightness
   • Reflect
   • Shine
   • Stare

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1. glareverb

   Synonyms:
   flare, dazzle, glitter, glisten, gleam, sparkle

2. glareverb

   Synonyms:
   glower, look fierce, look black

3. glarenoun

   Synonyms:
   glitter, flare, dazzling light

4. glarenoun

   Synonyms:
   fierce look

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1. glareverb

   Synonyms:
   glitter, glisten, dazzle, frown, glower

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1. List of paraphrases for "glare":

   dazzle, awe, reflection, shard, brightness, glow, sun

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How to use glare in a sentence?

1. James Thurber:

   There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

2. Jeh Johnson:

   Director Clancy and I must fight to protect( the agents) against the visibility, public glare, and inevitable second-guessing, of a congressional hearing. I hope Chairman Chaffetz appreciates this.

3. James Thurber:

   There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

4. Judge Martin Carlson:

   I want to note for you that one of the reasons you are going home today is because, in a desperate time in the glare of public scrutiny, your mother has stepped forward and promised to serve as a third-party custodian, your mother is making an enormous leap of faith on your behalf.

5. Thomas Ullmann:

   Jurors are looking the entire time, some glare and stare at the defendant the entire trial.