[ UK /ɡlˈe‍əɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫɛɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
    a glaring error
    rank treachery
    gross ineptitude
    flagrant violation of human rights
    gross injustice
    a crying shame
    an egregious lie
  2. shining intensely
    the glaring sun
    blinding headlights
    the blazing sun
    dazzling snow
    fulgent patterns of sunlight
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How To Use glaring In A Sentence

  • But if not, remember, her behavior may seem glaring to you, but may be inconsequential and unapparent to others.
  • He gathered himself up with as much dignity as he could muster before glaring at me.
  • Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
  • It showed an old Sikh warrior on a pony, glaring at the camera fiercely, a huge spear in his hand.
  • Equality in poverty might mean civil population contentment whereas glaring inequalities sow the seeds of a class struggle or revolution.
  • It was a strip of gaudy landscaping in front of a strip mall in glaring bright daylight.
  • The frustrating part for the Scots is that the Czechs, while occasionally slick in attack, appeared glaringly vulnerable in defence. Strikerless Scotland's negative approach is punished by Czechs
  • But their growth spurt across the pond has been hindered by a glaringly obvious gap in their motorcycle range. The Sun
  • The book's most glaring omission is the lack of an index.
  • We strive hard to build a just society, but we ignore a glaring source of inequality.
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