staring
noun
- act of looking intently, gazing fixedly
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ / /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/
adj
- Shining; vivid, garish.
- Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
- 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.””
name
- A surname.
noun
- 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[…]”
verb
- present participle and gerund of stare