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staring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Shining; vivid, garish.
  2. Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
  3. (obsolete) Sensational, lurid.
    • “I fear, with regard to the world in general, she is utterly incorrigible, because it has neither pleasure nor advantage to offer, that can compensate for the deprivation of relating one staring story, or ridiculous anecdote.” 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.8:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more staring Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most staring Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

staringly · staring contest · stark staring mad · staring spell

Translations (2)

eo fikse rigardanta (looking fixedly with wide-open eyes) · bg втренчен (looking fixedly with wide-open eyes)

staring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. The act of one who stares.
    • Near-synonym: gazing
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space[…] 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:

Forms

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starings Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

peeking · glancing

Coordinates

fixation

Hypernyms

looking

Synonyms

gazing

staring en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of stare
    form of stare