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stare `verb` [ stɛː ]

• look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open.

• "he stared at her in amazement"

Similar: gaze, gape, goggle, gawk, glare, ogle, leer, peer, look fixedly, look vacantly, study, survey, observe, watch closely, eyeball, outstare, rubberneck, gawp,

stare `noun`

• a long fixed or vacant look.

• "she gave him a cold stare"

Origin: Old English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’.

be staring one in the face

• be glaringly apparent or obvious.
"the answer had been staring him in the face"

be staring something in the face

• be on the verge of something inevitable or inescapable.
"our team was staring defeat in the face"

stare someone in the eye

• look fixedly or boldly at someone.
"I stared him straight in the eye but he didn't recognize me"

stare down

• look fixedly at someone, typically in a hostile or intimidating way, until they feel forced to look away.
"the two stared each other down after the match"