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Staring

adjective

(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder. Synonym: agaze.

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter. "A complete coward" , "A consummate fool" , "A double-dyed villain" , "Gross negligence" , "A perfect idiot" , "Pure folly" , "What a sodding mess" , "Stark staring mad" , "A thoroughgoing villain" , "Utter nonsense" , "The unadulterated truth"

Stare

verb

(past & past part. stared; pres. part. staring)

Look at with fixed eyes. Synonym: gaze.

Fixate one's eyes.

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"Staring" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ester stood staring fascinated, quite unconscious of the fact that a pair of bright but dim eyes were peering out at her wonderingly; and she started, quite guiltily, when presently the cottage door opened, and a lady came along the ...

— The Carroll Girls • Mabel Quiller-Couch

... was a noble fellow, stopped browsing, and, with his head thrown high in air, looked around to learn where his assailant was. Catching sight of the staring lad, the animal emitted a furious sniff and charged upon ...

— Through Forest and Fire - Wild-Woods Series No. 1 • Edward Ellis

... ragged all the stalks and leaves are!' said Dora. 'I wish they would make themselves tidy instead of always staring at the sun. Why are there so ...

— Chambers's Elementary Science Readers - Book I • Various

... his fighting-men Lay under the evening skies, Staring up at the tranquil heaven With wide, ...

— Pike County Ballads and Other Poems • John Hay

... believed to be dead; and both he and his companion were eagerly welcomed in and set down to a plentiful meal of bread and venison pasty, whilst the boy told his long and adventurous story as briefly as he could, Stephen listening with parted lips and staring eyes, as if to the recital ...

— In the Days of Chivalry • Evelyn Everett-Green

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