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The Meaning of glare

  • (v. i.) To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
  • (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
  • (v. i.) To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
  • (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
  • (n.) A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
  • (n.) A fierce, piercing look or stare.
  • (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
  • (n.) A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
  • (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

Synonyms

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

Rhymes

abair , adair , adaire , addair , aer , affair , air , alair , alastair , allaire , almaguer , altair , anywhere , armchair , astaire , aware , ayre , baehr , baer , bahr , bair , bakeware , bancaire , bare , bear , beaufrere , behr , belair , belaire , bellemare , beware , bezaire , billionaire , blair , blare , canadair , care , chair , cher , childcare , clair , claire , clare , comair , compare , concessionaire , convair , cookware , corriere , dare , darr , daycare , debonair , declare , delair , delaware , derr , despair , dinnerware , disrepair , doctrinaire , dreher , earthenware , elsewhere , ensnare , ere , err , euromobiliare , everywhere , extraordinaire , eyre , fair , faire , fanfare , fare , fehr , ferre , flair , flare , flatware , footware , footwear , forebear , forswear , foursquare , fraire , frere , freyre , frontiere , gare , gehr , geniere , gisclair , glassware , glenayre , groupware , guerre , hair , haire , hairr , hardware , hare , healthcare , hehr , heir , herr , herre , icelandair , impair , javier , jeanpierre , kahre , kehr , khmer , kitchenware , klare , knerr , knitwear , kreher , lair , lare , larosiere , laterriere , laware , leclaire , lefrere , legionnaire , lehr , lemaire , longhair , macnair , mair , mare , mayfair , mcnair , medicare , mehr , mer , midair , millionaire , mohair , montclair , multimillionaire , nair , nationair , neckwear , nightmare , nowhere , ohare , opere , outerwear , pair , pare , pear , pentair , pershare , phair , pierre , plair , praxair , prayer , prepare , questionnaire , rare , reher , repair , sare , sayre , scare , schehr , scherr , sehr , serr , share , silverware , sinclair , sleepwear , snare , software , solitaire , somewhere , spare , sportswear , square , stair , stare , stehr , sterr , stoneware , swear , swimwear , swissair , tableware , takecare , tear , terre , their , there , thoroughfare , threadbare , traer , unaware , underwear , unfair , usair , voltaire , ware , warfare , wear , wehr , welfare , werre , westair , wheelchair , where , whitehair , zehr