1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glare.

2. (a.) Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime.

absolute arrant atrocious bedazzling blatant blazing blinding bold brazen brazenfaced bright bright and shining brilliant capital cheap chintzy classical clean-cut clear clear as crystal clear-cut coarse colorful complete conspicuous consummate crass crude crystal-clear dazzling decided defined definite definitive disgraceful distinct downright effulgent egregious evident excessive extravagant extreme flagitious flagrant flamboyant flaming flaring flashy flaunting fulgent fulgid garish gaudy glary gorgeous gross hanging out harsh heinous in focus in relief in the foreground inordinate intolerable loud lurid manifest meretricious notable noticeable notorious obtrusive obvious ostensible out-and-out outrageous outright outstanding overbright overt patent perfect plain positive precious profound prominent pronounced proper rank raw refulgent regular resplendent salient scandalous screaming sensational shameless shattering shocking shrieking spectacular splendent splendid splendorous staring stark stark-staring sticking out striking strong superlative surpassing tawdry the veriest thorough thoroughgoing tinsel total unbearable unconcealed unconscionable undeniable unequivocal unmistakable unmitigated unqualified unrelieved unspoiled utter visible vivid vulgar well-defined well-marked well-pronounced well-resolved