glaring
/ˈɡlɛːrɪŋ
/adjective
1Giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light: the glaring sun...
- For seven days he had ridden enshrouded deep within his cloak, his face wrapped in bandages, as they rode under the glaring light of the sun.
- The visibility was more than a hundred plus, with the white sand bottom reflecting the glaring sun.
- She blinked her eyes open a few times, giving them time to adjust to the harsh, glaring light presented before her.
Synonyms
dazzling, blinding, blazing, strong, extremely bright, harsh;
fluorescent
2Staring fiercely or fixedly: their glaring eyes...
- Cal ran up to her and stared down into her glaring eyes.
- The door slammed, and Fiona shot up, staring at a glaring Mark.
- Immediately, Zach's eyes locked with mine in a glaring stare.
3Highly obvious or conspicuous: there is a glaring omission in the data...
- All in all, the opportunities are glaring and obvious - and greater minds than mine will no doubt be working on the details.
- He tries ever so hard to play down the significance of this glaring omission from an otherwise impeccable CV but he doth protest too much, methinks.
- The obvious glaring fault with the DVD is the complete lack of special features.
Synonyms
obvious, conspicuous, plain to see, unmistakable, obtrusive, striking, flagrant, blatant, staring someone in the face, as plain as a pikestaff, as plain as day, inescapable, unmissable, outrageous, gross;
overt, patent, transparent, manifest, visible, apparent, unconcealed, undisguised
informal as plain as the nose on one's face, standing/sticking out like a sore thumb, standing/sticking out a mile, right under one's nose
rare egregious