stare

Speech parts

1. stare - Noun

2. stare - Verb

Meaning

The starling.

To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

To stand out; to project; to bristle.

To look earnestly at; to gaze at.

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gaze crane marvel lech leer starling daze gander Ler see study view goggle take a look face
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Antonyms

gander cheep appearance advice sight resist
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Hypernyms

look looking looking at

Hyponyms

regard contemplation gaze glare gape glower

Phrases with the word

stare in the face angry stare give someone a death stare icy stare stare at stare death in the face

Derivatives

stared staring

Anagrams

arest aster earst tarse tears teras Satre Aerts arste rates reast Sater setar stear taser Tesar tares Tresa

Examples

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, "That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible." David Spade

Bunter: My old mother always used to say, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you stare them in the face hard enough, they generally run away. Dorothy L. Sayers

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. Charles Dickens

Understand is better than stare. English Proverb

Dance, father, people's eyes don't eat, they just stare. Bantu Proverb

Your friend, one doesn't stare at his forehead, one stares at his stomach. Bantu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stardrift stardrive stardust stare angrily stare at stare at the wall