different between fervid vs glaring

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferve?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?.v?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.v?d/

Adjective

fervid (comparative fervider, superlative fervidest)

1. Intensely hot, emotional, or zealous.

Synonyms

• ardent, fervent, zealous; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic

Antonyms

• frigid

Related terms

• fervent
• fever
• fervor
• perfervid

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l????/

Rhymes: -?????, -????

Adjective

glaring (comparative more glaring, superlative most glaring)

1. Reflecting with glare.
2. Blatant, obvious.

   How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

Derived terms

• glaringly
• glaringness

Translations

Verb

glaring

1. present participle of glare

Noun

glaring (plural glarings)

1. The act of giving a glare.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

2. (rare) A group of cats.
   • 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”

     Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.

     Sheldon: Clowder.

     Leonard: What?

     Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

Synonyms

• (group of cats): clowder

Hyponyms

• (group of cats): kindle (group of kittens)

Anagrams

• Garling, glargin