glaring
/'gleəriɳ/ Cách viết khác : (glary) /'gleəri/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Shining with a harsh, dazzling light: Refers to something emitting an intense, often uncomfortably bright light.
- Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible: Describes something that is extremely obvious and shocking, typically in a negative way, such as a mistake or injustice.
- Staring fiercely or angrily: Describes an intense, angry, or fixed stare.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The glaring sun made it difficult to see the road. (The intensely bright sun made it hard to see.)
- The report contained several glaring errors that undermined its credibility. (The report had very obvious and serious mistakes.)
- She fixed him with a glaring look of disapproval. (She gave him a fierce, angry stare of disapproval.)
Advanced Usage
- "Glaringly obvious": Extremely and unmistakably clear.
- The contradiction in his statement was glaringly obvious to everyone.
- "Glaring omission": A very obvious and significant thing that has been left out.
- The absence of any safety protocol was a glaring omission from the plan.
Variants and Related Words
- Glare (verb/noun): To shine with a harsh light or to stare fiercely; the harsh light or fierce stare itself.
- The headlights glared in the fog. (verb)
- He avoided the teacher's glare. (noun)
- Glaringly (adverb): In a glaring manner.
- The figures were glaringly incorrect.
Synonyms
- Blazing, Dazzling, Blinding: For the sense of intense light.
- Flagrant, Egregious, Gross, Obvious, Conspicuous: For the sense of being obviously bad or wrong.
- Fierce, Angry, Hostile: For the sense of an angry stare.
Related Phrases
- In the glare of publicity/spotlight: Under intense public scrutiny or attention.
- The scandal unfolded in the glare of publicity.
Idioms
- A glaring inconsistency: A contradiction that is very easy to see and hard to ignore.
- His alibi had a glaring inconsistency with the security footage.
Adjective
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
- shining intensely
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun