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English

Etymology

By surface analysis, glare +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ, -ɛɹɪŋ

Adjective

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

Translations

reflecting with glare

Bulgarian: ярък (bg) (jarǎk), ослепителен (bg) (oslepitelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閃耀的／闪耀的 (zh) (shǎnyào de)
Finnish: häikäisevä (fi)
German: grell leuchtend (de), hell strahlend (de)
Hungarian: csillogó (hu)
Ingrian: häikävä, häikävälliin
Japanese: 眩しい (ja) (mabushii)
Portuguese: reluzente (pt)
Russian: ослепи́тельный (ru) (oslepítelʹnyj), слепя́щий (ru) (slepjáščij)
Spanish: reluciente (es)
Swedish: bländande (sv)
Volapük: tulitik

blatant, obvious

Bulgarian: явен (bg) (javen), фрапантен (bg) (frapanten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn), 明顯的／明显的 (míngxiǎn de)
Czech: do očí bijící (cs)
Finnish: silmiinpistävä (fi), räikeä (fi)
French: évident (fr)
German: krass (de), schreiend (de), eklatant (de)
Italian: palese (it), ovvio (it), evidente (it), lampante (it)
Japanese: 目立つ (ja) (medatsu)
Korean: 노골적인, 뻔한 (nogoljeogin, ppeonhan)
Norwegian: iøynefallende (no)
Portuguese: óbvio (pt), gritante
Russian: вопию́щий (ru) (vopijúščij) (crying, outrageous), очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj) (obvious), я́вный (ru) (jávnyj) (obvious)
Spanish: evidente (es), obvio (es), garrafal (es), flagrante (es), palmario (es)
Swedish: uppenbar (sv)

Verb

glaring

present participle and gerund of glare

Noun

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.

Synonyms

(group of cats): clowder

Hyponyms

(group of cats): kindle (group of kittens)

Anagrams

Garling, glargin

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