glaring
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ, -ɛɹɪŋ
Adjective edit
glaring (comparative more glaring, superlative most glaring)
- Reflecting with glare.
- Blatant, obvious.
- How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
reflecting with glare
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blatant, obvious
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Verb edit
glaring
- present participle and gerund of glare
Noun edit
glaring (plural glarings)
- The act of giving a glare.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
- (rare) A group of cats.
- 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”
- Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
- Sheldon: Clowder.
- Leonard: What?
- Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
- 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”
Synonyms edit
- (group of cats): clowder
Hyponyms edit
- (group of cats): kindle (group of kittens)