glare

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glare/ɡleə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 stare in an angry or fierce way.

• 2 shine with a strong or dazzling light.

• 3 (as adj. glaring) highly obvious or conspicuous.

▶noun

• 1 a fierce or angry stare.

• 2 strong and dazzling light.

• 3 oppressive public attention: the full glare of publicity.

– derivatives
glaringly adverb,
glary adjective.

– origin ME: from MDu. and Mid. Low Ger. glaren ‘to gleam or glare’; perh. rel. to glass.