glare

English

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glare

Etymology

From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡlɛə/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡleː/
(New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ɡleə/
(New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ɡliə/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡleɹ/
(Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ɡlɜː(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
An angry or fierce stare.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  About them round, / A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
a glare of ice
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Derived terms

Translations

light

Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk)
Catalan: brillantor (ca) f, esclat (ca) m, ressol (ca) m (of the sun)
Czech: záře (cs) f
Danish: blændende lys
Finnish: häikäisevä valo
French: éclat (fr)
Galician: lampexo (gl) m, relostro m, luzada f, lampo (gl) m, fogaxe f, fachada f
German: Blendung (de) f
Irish: dallrú m
Italian: bagliore (it) m, lampo (it) m
Manx: ard-sollys m
Maori: kōnakonako
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjenskinn n

Nynorsk: gjenskin n
Polish: blask (pl) m
Portuguese: clarão (pt) m
Spanish: deslumbramiento (es) m, deslumbre (es) m
Volapük: tulit
Welsh: llewyrch m, llewych m

brilliance

Danish: skin (da)
Finnish: komeilu (fi), prameilu (fi), pöyhkeily (fi)
French: éclat (fr)
Galician: lampexo (gl) m, relostro m, luzada f, brillo (gl) m, fogaxe f, crarén m
Polish: blask (pl) m

angry or fierce stare

Bulgarian: втренчен поглед (vtrenčen pogled)
Czech: zlostný pohled (cs) m
Danish: gennemborende blik n
Finnish: vihainen tuijotus, vihainen katse, mulkoilu
Galician: relance m, olleirada f, olladela f, fitada f
German: entrüstetes Starren
Irish: súil fhiata f, drochshúil f
Italian: frecciata (it) f
Spanish: mirada fulminante f
Welsh: hylldrem f

Verb

glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)

(intransitive) To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXIX:
  eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:
  Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
The sun glared down on the desert sand.
- 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
- 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount
  She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Every eye glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.

Coordinate terms

scowl

Derived terms

Translations

to stare angrily

Bulgarian: гледам втренчено (gledam vtrenčeno)
Czech: zlostně hledět (cs) impf
Danish: stirre, glo
Esperanto: kolerrigard
Finnish: tuijottaa vihaisesti, mulkoilla (fi), mulkaista (fi)
German: missbilligend anstarren
Hindi: तरेरना (hi) (tarernā)
Korean: 노려보다 (noryeoboda)
Maori: whakakarukaru, hīnana, koira, whākanakana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stirre (no), glo (no), skule (no)
Portuguese: fulminar com os olhos
Spanish: mirar fulminantemente

to shine brightly

Czech: zářit (cs) impf, planout (cs) impf
Danish: skinne, blænde
Finnish: paahtaa (fi) (of sun esp.); loistaa (fi)
Ingrian: häjätä
Portuguese: brilhar (pt), reluzir (pt)
Russian: слепить (ru) (slepitʹ)

to be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid

Czech: zářit (cs)
Finnish: säteillä (fi), loistaa (fi)

to shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light

Finnish: loistaa (fi), leiskua (fi)

Adjective

glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)

(US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
skating on glare ice

Anagrams

Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, lager, large, regal

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish glór.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlɛːr/

Noun

glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)

Derived terms

glare-vroghe
glareydagh (“linguistic; linguist”)
lioar-ghlare (“literary language”)
neughlaragh (“voiceless”)

Mutation

Mutation of *glare*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
glare	ghlare	nglare

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.