staring Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb look at with fixed eyes
   stare; gaze.
   
   • The students stared at the teacher with amazement
2. verb fixate one's eyes
   stare.
   
   • The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly
3. verb feature as the star
   star.
   
   • The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man
4. verb be the star in a performance
   star.
   
5. verb mark with an asterisk
   asterisk; star.
   
   • Linguists star unacceptable sentences
6. adjective satellite (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
   agaze.
   
   • staring eyes
7. adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; pure; utter; thoroughgoing; everlasting.
   
   • 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 thoroughgoing villain
   • utter nonsense
   • the unadulterated truth

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