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1. (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
   "staring eyes"
   - agaze
    
2. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   "stark staring mad"
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

1. Look at with fixed eyes
   "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
   - gaze
    
2. Fixate one's eyes
   "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

See also: open, opened, starer, unmitigated

Type of: look

Encyclopedia: Stare