glare

glare at (someone or something)

To look at someone or something with anger. Vivian always used to glare at me, so I thought for sure she didn't like me. Glaring at that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know.
See also: glare

glare down

1. To shine or glow powerfully on someone or something. I hope you put on sunscreen, considering how the sun is glaring down on us today.
2. To look someone with intensity so that they yield or submit. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "glare" and "down." That woman kept glaring me down until I gave her the last cherry pie, even though I'd picked it up first.
3. To look at someone or something with anger or disappointment. Glaring down at that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know.
See also: down, glare

glare down on (someone or something)

1. To shine or glow powerfully on someone or something. I hope you put on sunscreen, considering how the sun is glaring down on us today.
2. To look at someone or something with anger or disappointment. Glaring down on that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know. What are you glaring down on me for? I'm not the one who said it!
See also: down, glare, on

rivet (one's) glare on (someone or something)

To focus one's angry gaze or attention completely and continuously (on someone or something). Oh no, she's still mad at me—she riveted her glare on me as soon as I got here. I saw that the boss was riveting his glare on the sales figures I had put up on the white board.
See also: glare, on, rivet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

glare at someone or something

to scowl at someone or something. Don't glare at me! I glared at the cat and thought mean thoughts.
See also: glare

glare down on someone or something

 
1. [for someone] to scowl down at someone or something. The judge glared down on the accused. I glared down on the cat, which ignored me, as usual.
2. [for the sun] to burn down brightly on someone or something. The sun glared down on the beach and made the sand hot to the touch. The bright sun glared down on the desert rocks.
See also: down, glare, on

rivet one's gaze on someone or something

 and rivet one's glare on someone or something
Fig. to fasten one's gaze onto someone or something. (As if it were attached by rivets.) He riveted his gaze on the surly young man. Walter riveted his hateful glare on the last page of the contract and sneered.
See also: gaze, on, rivet
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

glare down

v.
1. To shine on or illuminate someone or something strongly from above: The sun glared down on the nomads crossing the desert.
2. To intimidate someone or cause someone to submit by staring: The lawyer glared me down until I was unable to speak.
3. To look directly at someone or something disapprovingly or disappointedly: I glared down on my dog, whom I'd caught chewing on the curtains. The dog glared down at the bone, which had sunk to the bottom of the swimming pool.
See also: down, glare
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • glare at
  • glare at (someone or something)
  • glaring
  • glare down
  • glare down on
  • glare down on (someone or something)
  • get in wrong with (someone)
  • get in wrong with someone
  • express (one's) anger
  • express anger
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Unfortunately, defining the metrics for discomfort glare has been a source of disagreement between the IES and the European CIE, because, as the Handbook points out: "the cause of discomfort is not well understood" and "all (systems) give reasonable predictions for average discomfort for a group of people, but only poor predictions for an individual's response."
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Fully shielded light fixtures are covered on all sides and direct the light through a single focal point, thereby preventing excessive lighting that produced distracting and wasteful glare. Glare can produce night blindness in drivers and can be hazardous to people and animals.
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When sunglasses feature polarized lenses, they block hazardous glare, which not only causes eye strain but also can inhibit a person's ability to see clearly during such activities as driving.
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"By the Red Glare" takes us into the lives of representative citizens--black and white, men and women, Confederates and Unionists, civilians and combatants, freed and shackled, sane and insane--on the eve of historic destruction.
By The Red Glare