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Adjective: staring  steh-ring
  1. (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
    "staring eyes";
    - agaze
     
  2. Without qualification; used informally as an (often pejorative) intensifier
    "stark staring mad";
    - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous
Verb: stare  stehr
  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, unmitigated

Type of: look

Encyclopedia: Staring

Stare, Piła County