glaring
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ / /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing.
- Reflecting with glare.
- Blatant, obvious.
“How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!”
noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, glare + -ing.
- The act of giving a glare.
“Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!”
- 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.
- present participle and gerund of glare