glare (noun)

  • 21glaringly — glare ► VERB 1) stare in an angry or fierce way. 2) shine with a strong or dazzling light. 3) (glaring) highly obvious or conspicuous. ► NOUN 1) a fierce or angry stare. 2) strong and dazzling light …

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  • 22glary — glare ► VERB 1) stare in an angry or fierce way. 2) shine with a strong or dazzling light. 3) (glaring) highly obvious or conspicuous. ► NOUN 1) a fierce or angry stare. 2) strong and dazzling light …

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  • 23public eye — noun a focus of public attention he enjoyed being in the limelight when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency • Syn: ↑limelight, ↑spotlight, ↑glare • Derivationally related forms: ↑spotlight …

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  • 24'hood — noun (slang) a neighborhood • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 25fog light — noun or fog lamp : a lamp or automotive headlight often yellow in color and specially designed to penetrate fog, dust, or smoke * * * an automobile headlight throwing light of a color intended to diminish the effect of fog, dust, etc., in the air …

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  • 26dark glasses — noun spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades • Syn: ↑sunglasses, ↑shades • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 27high beam — noun the beam of a car s headlights that provides distant illumination • Hypernyms: ↑beam, ↑beam of light, ↑light beam, ↑ray, ↑ray of light, ↑shaft, ↑shaft of light, ↑irradiation * * * …

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  • 28national anthem — noun a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑anthem • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Marseillaise, ↑The Star Spangled Banner * * * noun, pl ⋯ thems [count] : a song that praises a particular country and that is officially… …

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  • 29snow blindness — noun : inflammation and photophobia caused by exposure of the unprotected eyes to ultraviolet rays reflected from fields of snow or ice suffering the excruciating agony of snow blindness after two weeks of futile searching in the empty plains… …

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  • 30iceblink — noun Date: 1817 a glare in the sky over an ice field …

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