Glare and Ray

Glare

Glare noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.

Usage example: the sudden glare of the squad car's headlights in my rearview mirror

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Ray and glare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ray" instead the word "Glare" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: glaring, glared

Ray verb - To emit rays of light.

Usage example: klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere

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Glare and ray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glare" instead the word "Ray" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

good	good glare	good ray
single	single glare	single ray
magnificent	magnificent glare	magnificent ray
powerful	powerful glare	powerful ray
Other adjectives: dangerous, evil, cold, threatening, broken, yellow, deadly, literal, atomic.

For a brief scene in Shattered Glass where a woman runs away crying from a crowd of harassing Young Republicans, director Billy Ray instructed the actors to glare at the actress silently before filming and not respond to her attempts at conversation.

Source: Enforced Method Acting / Film
While Ray gives the cartoonist a perpetual Death Glare whenever they're together, the latter turns out to be a fan of the former and is overjoyed to share a friendly match with him.

Source: Series / Bored to Death
Also a notorious martinet to his musicians, famous for his Death Glare when they did anything he didn't like, which was known as "The Ray".note Singer Helen Forrest spent 20 months in Goodman's band and said later that it felt like 20 years.

Source: Jazz

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