glaring
pronunciation
How to pronounce glaring in British English:
UK [ˈɡleərɪŋ]
How to pronounce glaring in American English:
US [ˈɡlerɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- shining intensely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Word Origin
- glaring (adj.)
- late 14c., "staring fiercely," present participle adjective from glare (v.). From 1510s of colors, etc., "vivid, dazzling;" meaning "obtrusively conspicuous" is from 1706. Related: Glaringly.
Example
- 1. Only for me the long perspective of shades that set off one box from the next had suddenly snapped up and I could see day after day glaring ahead of me like a white broad infinitely desolate avenue .
- 2. Keynesian theory suffers from a rather glaring logical fallacy .
- 3. The most glaring omission is economic liberalisation .
- 4. The contrast in life expectancy between rich and poor nations remains glaring .
- 5. The old gentleman just stood there glaring at the pickpocket .