1
: having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
2
a
: shining with or reflecting an uncomfortably bright light
b(1)
: garish
(2)
: vulgarly ostentatious
3
: obtrusively and often painfully obvious
a glaring error
glaringness
noun
Examples of glaring in a Sentence
a glaring example of racism
no one missed the glaring spelling error in the title
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One of the bigger glaring holes to upgrade is the bullpen.
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Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
One of the bigger glaring holes to upgrade is the bullpen.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
The most glaring inaccuracy is that sharks want to attack or eat people, the experts said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for glaring
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“Glaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glaring. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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