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A glare is a facial expression showing disapproval, fierceness and/or hostility . Glaring, in some cultures is considered offensive. A glare may be induced by anger or frustration .

Visually, a glaring person tends to have their eyes fixed and heavily focused on a subject. This can sometimes be considered synonymous to staring but, in most of the cases, staring is caused due to curiosity and lasts only for a short duration, whereas glaring is caused due to contempt and lasts for a relatively longer duration.

Many people glare at a subject to express disapproval of the physical nature of the subject or ideas that may be expressed by the subject.

See also [ edit ]

• Frown
• Inattention
• Smile

External links [ edit ]

• The dictionary definition of glare at Wiktionary