Synonyms of flared

flared

verb

past tense of flare

as in burned

to shine with a bright harsh light

floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burned
• glowed
• glared
• flashed
• blazed
• gleamed
• flamed
• glanced
• sparkled
• glinted
• radiated
• beat
• beamed
• glittered
• shimmered
• glimmered
• twinkled
• glistened
• blinded
• dazzled
• scintillated
• glistered
• dazed
• bedazzled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flared

The feud between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has flared up once again. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

The gown was a mermaid style, meaning the skirt flared out, creating a mermaid tail look. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

The bed is flared out inside the van, tapering to a 39-in (100-cm) width to fit inside the Happy Dreamer pod, so campers will be most comfortable sleeping with their feet in the pod, heads in the van. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

His pre-existing asthma — which typically flared during seasonal changes and caused coughing that required an inhaler — was worsening each year. — Angelica Stabile , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Tensions have flared in recent weeks amid a flurry of competing decisions tied to the tunnel proposal. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Scroll on for other great denim deals for fall, including straight-leg, flared, and slouchy styles. — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026

The Japanese 13th-seed Osaka struggled to cope with the Kazakh’s power, hampered ​by an Achilles tendon injury that had flared up in the previous round. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026