STARING

complete, arrant(a), consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; “an arrant fool”; “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 thorough nuisance”; “a thoroughgoing villain”; “utter nonsense”; “the unadulterated truth”

agaze, staring

(adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; “staring eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Staring

A surname.

Anagrams

• Garstin, Gartins, gastrin, gratins, ratings, tarings, tringas

Verb

staring

present participle of stare

Noun

staring (plural starings)

The act of one who stares.

Adjective

staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)

Shining; vivid, garish. [from 14th c.]

Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete) Sensational, lurid. [18th–19th c.]

Anagrams

• Garstin, Gartins, gastrin, gratins, ratings, tarings, tringas

Source: Wiktionary

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STARE

Stare, n. Etym: [AS. stær. See Starling.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The starling. [Obs.]

Stare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. stared; p. pr. & vb. n. staring.] Etym: [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. staren, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. *166. Cf. Sterile.]

1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. Shak.

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

3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. Mortimer.

Syn.

– To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze.

Stare, v. t.

Definition: To look earnestly at; to gaze at. I will stare him out of his wits. Shak. To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." Locke.

Stare, n.

Definition: The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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