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glaring

gla·ring

UK/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ US/ˈɡlɛɹɪŋ/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

shining intensely

  • “the blazing sun”
  • “blinding headlights”
  • “dazzling snow”
  • “fulgent patterns of sunlight”
  • “the glaring sun”
2.

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

  • “a crying shame”
  • “an egregious lie”
  • “flagrant violation of human rights”
  • “a glaring error”
  • “gross ineptitude”
  • “gross injustice”
  • “rank treachery”

Origin

By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

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