What does aglare mean?
Aglare means (postpositive) Glaring (either verb sense).
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/əˈɡlɛə/ · adjective
(postpositive) Glaring (either verb sense).
1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, Act V, in The New English Theatre, London: J. Rivington & Sons, 1776, Volume 6, p. 45, A ghastly figure, full of gaping wounds, His eyes aglare, his hair all stiff with blood,
1728, James Ralph, “The Muses’ Address to the King: an Ode” in Miscellaneous Poems, London: W. Meadows et al., 1729, p. 4, So, when the providential eye of heav’n’s, Not seen to blaze With dreadful majesty aglare, And vengeance sleeps, mankind Pursues its darling joys, and mocks The pow’r divine […]
Apodaca set fire to his ships, either in honest despair, or by orders from the Prince of Peace. At least, he would not let them fall into English hands. At three in the morning Port of Spain woke up, all aglare with the blaze six miles away to the north-west.
His eye was aglare with hate, every glance a stab.
Many parts of the Mekong were once a star-gazer’s dream; now nights on the river are increasingly aglare with electricity.
Use aglare when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aglare means (postpositive) Glaring (either verb sense).
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, Act V, in The New English Theatre, London: J. Rivington & Sons, 1776, Volume 6, p. 45, A ghastly figure, full of gaping wounds, His eyes aglare, his hair all stiff with blood,
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