glaring

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
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/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/

Definition of glaring

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Reflecting with glare.
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adj

  1. Reflecting with glare.
  2. Blatant, obvious.
    “How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of glare

noun

  1. The act of giving a glare.
    “Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!”
  2. (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.”

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Etymology

By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

Anagrams of glaring

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

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