Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To look directly, fixedly, or vacantly, often with a wide-eyed gaze. synonym: gaze.
- intransitive verb To look at directly and fixedly.
- noun An intent gaze.
- idiom (stare in the face) To be plainly visible or obvious to (one); force itself on (one's) attention.
- idiom (stare in the face) To be obvious to (one) though initially overlooked.
- idiom (stare in the face) To be imminent or unavoidable to (one).
- idiom (stare in the face) To be about to experience or undergo (something dire).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who stares; a fixed look with eyes wide open, usually suggesting amazement, vacancy, or insolence.
- Stiff; weary.
- noun The marram or matweed, Ammophila arundinacea: same as
halm , 3; also applied to species of Carex. - noun A starling.
- To gaze steadily with the eyes wide open; fasten an earnest and continued look on some object; gaze, as in admiration, wonder, surprise, stupidity, horror, fright, impudence, etc.
- To stand out stiffly, as hair; be prominent; be stiff; stand on end; bristle.
- To shine; glitter; be brilliant.
- To be unduly conspicuous or prominent, as by excess of color or by ugliness. Compare
staring , 3. - Synonyms Gaze, Gape, Stare, Gloat. Gaze is the only one of these words that may be used in an elevated sense. Gaze represents a fixed and prolonged look, with the mind absorbed in that which is looked at. To gape is in this connection to look with open mouth, and hence with the bumpkin's idle curiosity, listlessness, or ignorant wonder: one may gape at a single thing, or only gape about. Siare expresses the intent look of surprise, of mental weakness, or of insolence; it implies fixedness, whether momentary or continued. Gloat has now almost lost the meaning of looking with the natural eye, and has gone over into the meaning of mental attention; in either sense it means looking with ardor or even rapture, often the delight of possession, as when the miser gloats over his wealth.
- To affect or influence in some specified way by staring; look carnestly or fixedlv at; hence, to look at with either a bold or a vacant expression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), obsolete The starling.
- noun The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
- transitive verb To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
- transitive verb to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident.
- intransitive verb To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
- intransitive verb To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy.
- intransitive verb obsolete To stand out; to project; to bristle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
look fixedly (at something). - noun A persistent
gaze .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb look at with fixed eyes
- noun a fixed look with eyes open wide
- verb fixate one's eyes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"Shut up, Mulligan!" was Bert Rhine's command, in receipt of which he received a venomous stare from the cripple.
CHAPTER XLII 2010
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One hulking sweet potato weighed in at 4 pounds on its own, drawing an admiring stare from the first lady.
First Lady Hosts Students For White House Fall Harvest The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Because then that bald spokesguy with the BIG VOICE!! and unblinking stare is on my TV every bloody commercial break.
I hate it when The Brick has a sale Tyler 2009
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Do you think your disapproving stare is calming my baby?
Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother 2010
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Because then that bald spokesguy with the BIG VOICE!! and unblinking stare is on my TV every bloody commercial break.
Archive 2009-09-06 Tyler 2009
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Giant eyes stare from the roofs of tin shanties in Brazil.
TED 2011 winner: JR is a street artist papering the world with his photographs Melissa Bell 2010
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That aside, Professor Paulsen's post fails to recognize that there is value in stare decisis from a litigants 'perspective.
Balkinization 2007
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In other words, all five either disagree with my view on stare decisis or have made the tactical judgment to capitalize on the fact that * other* folks, at least sometimes, will feel obliged to follow * this* precedent, out of some kind of a belief in stare decisis.
Balkinization 2007
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I hope that my baleful "You're an ass" stare is as good as my friend says it is.
The Assmen Cometh kittenpie 2006
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I hope that my baleful "You're an ass" stare is as good as my friend says it is.
Archive 2006-04-01 kittenpie 2006
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Stare decisis—Latin for “let the decision stand”—is the doctrinal preference for upholding precedents.
Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Over Condé Nast 2022
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