glare

Noun

• a focus of public attention
  • he enjoyed being in the limelight
    
  • when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
    

• an angry stare

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
  • a glare of sunlight
    

Verb

• shine intensely
  • The sun glared down on us
    

• be sharply reflected
  • The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface
    

• look at with a fixed gaze
  • The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  limelight , spotlight , public eye , glower , blaze , brilliance