glaring
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/
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/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ · /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/
Definition of glaring
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Reflecting with glare.
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adj
- Reflecting with glare.
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Blatant, obvious.
“How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of glare
noun
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The act of giving a glare.
“Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!”
-
(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.
Words you can make from glaring
79 playable · top: ARGLING (9 pts)
Best play argling 9 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
31 words- GANG 6 pts
- GIGA 6 pts
- GRIG 6 pts
- RAGG 6 pts
- AGIN 5 pts
- GAIN 5 pts
- GIRL 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GLIA 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- LANG 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- RAGI 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
3-letter words
22 words2-letter words
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