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glaring

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ / /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

  1. Reflecting with glare.
  2. Blatant, obvious.

    How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

  1. The act of giving a glare.

    Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

  2. 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.

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of glare
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