Staring - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsterɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word staring
Brit.  |ˈsteərɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word staring
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to stare

adjective

- (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder (syn: agaze)
staring eyes
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers (syn: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter)
stark staring mad

Extra examples

She was just staring into space.

Staring with her eyes wide open

The kids sat staring at the images on the TV screen.

She sat bolt upright, staring straight ahead.

...her image was bleared, as if I were staring at it through a watery lens...

...looking down at the dark ocean from the ship's rail, the cruise passenger felt as though he was staring into an abyss...

...the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer...

...I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying....

He was staring into nothingness.

...a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space...

...river rafters staring awestruck at the canyon's nearly perpendicular cliffs...

...we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry...

He was staring out the window in a trance.

He had bowled her over completely. She was staring at him open-mouthed.

He stood with staring eyes and open mouth, chapfallen and terrified.

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