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Dictionary: glar·ing   (glâr'ĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Shining intensely and blindingly: the glaring noonday sun.
  2. Tastelessly showy or bright; garish.
  3. Conspicuous; obvious: a glaring error. See synonyms at flagrant.
  4. Staring with anger, fierceness, or hostility: glaring eyes.
glaringly glar'ing·ly adv.

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Thesaurus: glaring
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adjective

  1. Extemely bright: brilliant, glary. See light/darkness.
  2. Tastelessly showy: brummagem, chintzy, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tawdry, tinsel. Informal tacky2. See style/good style/bad style.
  3. Conspicuously bad or offensive: arrant, capital, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank2. See good/bad.

Antonyms: glaring
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adj

Definition: bright, dazzling
Antonyms: dark, dim, dull, plain, soft

adj

Definition: obvious, unconcealed
Antonyms: concealed, hidden, inconspicuous


WordNet: glaring
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: shining intensely
  Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary

Meaning #2: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, gross, rank


Translations: Glaring
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skærende, blændende, vredt stirrende, skrigende, grel, prangende, iøjnespringende

idioms:

  • glaring error    grov fejl

Nederlands (Dutch)
fel, overduidelijk, opzichtig, boos starend

Français (French)
adj. - flagrant, furieux, éblouissant

idioms:

  • glaring error    erreur flagrante

Deutsch (German)
adj. - grell, schreiend, unübersehbar

idioms:

  • glaring error    grober Fehler

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εκθαμβωτικός, εκτυφλωτικός, επιδεικτικός, ολοφάνερος, βλοσυρός, αγριωπός, χονδροειδής, χτυπητός

idioms:

  • glaring error    καταφανές λάθος

Italiano (Italian)
aspro, evidente

idioms:

  • glaring error    errore madornale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - deslumbrante, óbvio, penetrante (olhar)

idioms:

  • glaring error    erro (m) evidente

Русский (Russian)
слепящий, кричащий (цвет), свирепый

idioms:

  • glaring error    грубая ошибка

Español (Spanish)
adj. - intenso, agudo, penetrante, evidente, manifiesto, brillante, resplandeciente, ostentoso

idioms:

  • glaring error    un error que salta a la vista, error flagrante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bländande, vild, bjärt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
闪耀的, 瞪视的, 炫目的

idioms:

  • glaring error    大错

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 閃耀的, 瞪視的, 炫目的

idioms:

  • glaring error    大錯

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 빛이 나는, 화려한, 확실한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ギラギラ輝く, まばゆい, けばけばしい, にらみ付ける

idioms:

  • glaring error    はなはだしい誤り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ساطع, فاضح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסנוור, זועם, בולט, בהיר‬


 
 
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