glaring
adjective
[ ˈɡlɛːrɪŋ ]
• giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light.
• "the glaring sun"
• staring fiercely or fixedly.
• "their glaring eyes"
• highly obvious or conspicuous.
• "there is a glaring omission in the data"
Similar:
obvious,
conspicuous,
plain to see,
unmistakable,
obtrusive,
striking,
flagrant,
blatant,
staring someone in the face,
as plain as a pikestaff,
as plain as day,
inescapable,
unmissable,
outrageous,
gross,
overt,
patent,
transparent,
manifest,
visible,
apparent,
unconcealed,
undisguised,
standing/sticking out a mile,
right under one's nose,
egregious,
glare
verb
• stare in an angry or fierce way.
• "she glared at him, her cheeks flushing"
Similar:
stare angrily,
scowl,
glower,
look daggers,
frown,
lour,
give someone a black look,
look threateningly/menacingly,
give someone a dirty look,
give someone a death stare,
glout,
glunch,
• (of the sun or an electric light) shine with a strong or dazzling light.
• "the sun glared out of a clear blue sky"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘shine strongly’): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German glaren ‘to gleam, glare’: perhaps related to glass. The sense ‘stare’ occurred first in the adjective glaring (late Middle English).
