glaring

[ glair-ing ]

/ ˈglɛər ɪŋ /

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adjective

shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.

very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant: several glaring errors in spelling.

staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.

excessively showy or bright; garish.

Origin of glaring

Middle English: word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at glare¹, -ing²

SYNONYMS FOR glaring

1 blinding.

2 prominent, patent. See flagrant.

4 loud, gaudy, flashy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM glaring

glar·ing·ly, adverb glar·ing·ness, noun non·glar·ing, adjective un·glar·ing, adjective

Words nearby glaring

glans penis, glanville-hicks, glanzmann's thrombasthenia, glare, glare ice, glaring, glarus, glary, glaser, glaserian fissure, glasgow

Example sentences from the Web for glaringly

And most glaringly, the fabulously wealthy woman professing to shoulder the burdens of the poor.

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The glaringly obvious reason is that, upon her election to Parliament in April 2012, Suu Kyi became a politician.

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He did specify a few changes—which apply only to legal immigrants and which are glaringly beside the main point.

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President Obama was also glaringly shortsighted in Los Cabos.

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If that tax is set too high, it can discourage even the most glaringly urgent transfers of control.

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Cleverness was the name of the new requirement, and Jimaboy's gift was glaringly sentimental.

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Underlying his argument are two glaringly false assumptions, and on these the whole fabric rests.

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Since then I have learned that my own case was not glaringly exceptional.

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If there is a God, either of these propositions must be true, yet both are glaringly absurd.

Handbook of Freethought |Various
Shall we say that he has not only glaringly contradicted himself, but become the open advocate of immorality?

Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for glaringly

glaring

/ (ˈɡlɛərɪŋ) /

adjective

conspicuous a glaring omission

dazzling or garish

Derived forms of glaring

glaringly, adverb glaringness, noun

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