Glaring vs Resplendent - What's the difference?
glaring | resplendent | Synonyms |
Reflecting with glare.
Blatant, obvious.
The act of giving a glare.
* (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
(rare) A group of cats.
* 2010 , The Big Bang Theory , episode “
Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
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Glaring is a synonym of resplendent.
As adjectives the difference between glaring and resplendent
is that glaring is reflecting with glare while resplendent is shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.As a verb glaring
is .As a noun glaring
is the act of giving a glare.glaring
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!
Derived terms
* glaringly * glaringnessVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
The Zazzy Substitution”
- Leonard : You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
- Sheldon : Clowder.
- Leonard : What?
- Sheldon : A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring . It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
Synonyms
* (group of cats) clowderHyponyms
* (group of cats) kindle (group of kittens) English collective nounsresplendent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}