Stare
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English
Verb
Stare (third-person singular simple present Stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)
- (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).
Noun
Stare (plural Stares)- A persistent gaze.
Adjectives for Stare
angry; meditative; absent-minded; sidelong; frigid; concentrated; appraising; gloomy; fixed; dream-y; long; admiring; wondering; irreverent; stony; maniac; noncommittal; disgusted; spectral; superior; wild; bemused; questioning; hesitating; incredulous; hungry; sullen; limpid; owlish; insolent; unmitigated; oily; fascinated; solemn; wide-eyed; studious; dull; stupid; defiant; disfigured; glassy; fascinated; hostile; audible; vacant; grave.
Verbs for Stare
blanket—; comprehend—; cast—; fix—; note—; prolong—; transfer—; —absorbs; —arouses; —astonishes; —excites ; —irritates; —provokes; —startles.
Adverbs for Stare
impudently; fixedly; sullenly; persistently; solemnly; abstractedly; impassively; hypnotically; perplexedly; obtrusively; moodily; hostilely; arrogantly; apathetically; incredulously; fixedly; truculently; speculatively; insolently; fascinatedly; morbidly; rudely; vacantly.
Thesaurus
gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glad eye, glare, gloat, glower, glowering look, goggle, inquire, interrogate, look, malocchio, marvel, nose around for, nose out, ogle, peer, penetrating look, query, question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, seek, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare at, stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, watch, whammy, wonder, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, bedroom eyes, bore, burn with curiosity, come-hither look, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, evil eye, eye, gape, gaup, gawk.
