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

Some tensions flared between coaches at the end of the game, and the Trinity coach had to be pulled away to stop the conversation. — Cal Phillips july 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday as tensions flared between Tehran and Washington. — CNN Money, 12 July 2026

The lack of creativity that showed against Saudi Arabia in 2022 flared up late against England. — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Trump flew the new Qatari plane to a NATO summit in Turkey but left the event in an older Air Force One as a security precaution as hostilities with Iran flared up. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Violence flared and subsided periodically, and Lebanon and Israel reached ceasefire agreements in 1993, 1996 and after a 2006 war. — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Clashes flared only to be tamped out; repercussions were softened, often comedically, as an outsider crashed the debate. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

But Beckham switched up her usual look with the addition of an off-white lace slip, which ever so slightly flared out from beneath her hem, like a flower beginning to bloom. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 July 2026

The need-to-know this morning Abivax disclosed additional data for its experimental ulcerative colitis drug, seemingly allaying at least some of the safety concerns that had flared in recent weeks. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 June 2026