Glaring and Sheer

Glaring

Glaring adjective - Very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad.
Usage example: no one missed the glaring spelling error in the title

Sheer and glaring are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Glaring".

Nearby Words: glare, glaringly, glared

Sheer

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

Glaring and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glaring" instead an adjective "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / How I Met Your Mother Monochrome Casting: Given this is NYC, the sheer whiteness of the main cast and most of their supporting cast is rather glaring.
  • Series / Little House on the Prairie She can't resist adding a sulking Nellie Oleson and family glaring at her in sheer jealousy, all of them wearing dusty feed sacks and living in a ramshackle hut.
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