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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Of course, plenty can happen between now and then, but those have been the most glaring weaknesses for a team that is second to the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.
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Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 28 May 2026
With the United States men’s national team’s 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup confirmed on Tuesday afternoon at Pier 17 in Manhattan, midfielder Diego Luna’s absence from Mauricio Pochettino’s squad is the most glaring.
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Richard’s family is on the other side of the ethnic divide, but the pregnancy also causes other sources of internalized shame and resentment to surface, chief among them the glaring absence from the family photo album, of any pictures of Tina’s father.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Brunson earned Second Team All-NBA honors, but Towns was a glaring omission for a Knicks team riding an 10-game playoff winning streak.
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Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 28 May 2026
With the United States men’s national team’s 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup confirmed on Tuesday afternoon at Pier 17 in Manhattan, midfielder Diego Luna’s absence from Mauricio Pochettino’s squad is the most glaring.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
Richard’s family is on the other side of the ethnic divide, but the pregnancy also causes other sources of internalized shame and resentment to surface, chief among them the glaring absence from the family photo album, of any pictures of Tina’s father.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Brunson earned Second Team All-NBA honors, but Towns was a glaring omission for a Knicks team riding an 10-game playoff winning streak.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 May 2026
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“Glaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glaring. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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