glare back

Frequency: 7.512.5 per million words

to return an angry look to someone who is looking at you angrily

glareVERB + ADVERB

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Examples (10)

  • She glared back at him without saying a word.
  • After the receptionist rolled her eyes, I glared back at her.
  • They glared back at each other across the table, neither willing to apologize.
  • He didn't flinch; he simply glared back until the bully looked away.
  • The teenager glared back at her mother, then slammed the door.
  • We glared back at the guard, but we kept walking.
  • "Don't glare back at your coach," the captain warned quietly.
  • She was tempted to glare back, but instead she took a deep breath.
  • By then, the entire panel was glaring back at the heckler in the front row.
  • If someone stares you down, you can either walk away or glare back.