What is another word for staring?
Pronunciation:
[ stˈe͡əɹɪŋ], [ stˈeəɹɪŋ], [ s_t_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Staring:
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adj.
• astonished -
adv.
• agape -
n. & v.
• leer -
v.
• gape- beam ,
- bore ,
- get a load of ,
- get an eyeful ,
- give the eye ,
- gloat ,
- size up ,
- wonder ,
- yawp .
- do a slow burn ,
- frown ,
- gape ,
- glower ,
- look daggers ,
- lower ,
- menace ,
- pierce ,
- scowl ,
- stare angrily ,
- stare icily ,
- wither .
- admire ,
- attend ,
- behold ,
- beware ,
- consider ,
- contemplate ,
- feast one's eyes ,
- glance ,
- heed ,
- inspect ,
- mark ,
- mind ,
- note ,
- notice ,
- observe ,
- peep ,
- pore over ,
- read ,
- regard ,
- scan ,
- scout ,
- scrutinize ,
- see ,
- spot ,
- spy ,
- study ,
- survey ,
- take a gander ,
- take in the sights ,
- tend ,
- view .
- Gazing ,
- Glancing ,
- Glimpsing ,
- Inspecting ,
- Peering ,
- Perceiving ,
- Witnessing ,
- beholding ,
- discerning ,
- glaring ,
- looking ,
- observing ,
- peeking ,
- regarding ,
- seeing ,
- sighting ,
- spying ,
- viewing ,
- watching .
Other relevant words:
- Braining ,
- Championing ,
- Definitively ,
- Goggling ,
- Hinting ,
- Leashing ,
- Medalling ,
- Ogling ,
- Open-mouthed ,
- Outfacing ,
- Scrutinizing ,
- Singling ,
- Spangling ,
- Staggered ,
- Sunning ,
- Tethering ,
- Thunder-struck ,
- Tipping ,
- Whizzing ,
- absolutely ,
- accomplished ,
- accurately ,
- ace ,
- acing ,
- actually ,
- aeonian ,
- agape ,
- agaze ,
- ageless ,
- agog ,
- alight ,
- all agog ,
- altogether ,
- amazed ,
- apparently ,
- arch ,
- arrant ,
- asterisk ,
- at gaze ,
- august ,
- awed ,
- awestruck ,
- bare ,
- barren ,
- beguiled ,
- berserk ,
- bewitched ,
- blank ,
- blatant ,
- bleak ,
- bold ,
- boldly ,
- breathless ,
- by night ,
- captivated ,
- categorically ,
- celebrity ,
- certainly ,
- clean-cut ,
- cleanly ,
- clear ,
- clear as crystal ,
- clear-cut ,
- clearly ,
- cold ,
- complete ,
- completely ,
- conclusively ,
- conspicuous ,
- consummate ,
- correctly ,
- crass ,
- crystal clear ,
- dazed ,
- dead ,
- deadly ,
- decidedly ,
- decisively ,
- defined ,
- definite ,
- definitely ,
- delirious ,
- delusional ,
- desolate ,
- desperate ,
- diametrically ,
- dignified ,
- directly ,
- dismount ,
- distinct ,
- distinctly ,
- doting ,
- double-dyed ,
- downright ,
- droplets ,
- dumbstruck ,
- dumfounded ,
- earth ,
- emphatically ,
- empty ,
- enchanted ,
- enraptured ,
- enravished ,
- enthralled ,
- entirely ,
- entranced ,
- eonian ,
- eternal ,
- eventually ,
- everlasting ,
- evident ,
- evidently ,
- exactly ,
- exclusively ,
- exhaustive ,
- expressionless ,
- extraordinary ,
- eying ,
- facing ,
- fairly ,
- fate ,
- faultlessly ,
- featuring ,
- finally ,
- fire ,
- firmly ,
- fixedly ,
- flabbergasted ,
- flagrant ,
- flash ,
- flatly ,
- flicker ,
- follower ,
- frantic ,
- fully ,
- garish ,
- glaringly ,
- glassy ,
- glazed ,
- gleam ,
- glimmer ,
- glint ,
- glitter ,
- glowering ,
- goggle-eyed ,
- goodly ,
- grand ,
- grave ,
- gross ,
- hallucinatory ,
- hanging out ,
- heading ,
- heavy ,
- hypnotic ,
- hypnotized ,
- ignite ,
- illuminate ,
- illumine ,
- implicitly ,
- important ,
- in awe ,
- in awe of ,
- in focus ,
- in relief ,
- in the foreground ,
- incoherent ,
- indeed ,
- intense ,
- inveterately ,
- just ,
- leering ,
- lifeless ,
- lightheaded ,
- look at ,
- lurid ,
- majestic ,
- majoring ,
- maniacal ,
- manifestly ,
- masterminding ,
- meretricious ,
- mesmerized ,
- mighty ,
- mina ,
- moon ,
- most ,
- movie star ,
- mynah ,
- never ,
- noble ,
- nocturnal ,
- noisy ,
- notable ,
- noticeable ,
- notorious ,
- obtrusive ,
- obvious ,
- obviously ,
- open ,
- open-eyed ,
- opened ,
- openmouthed ,
- ostensible ,
- outrightly ,
- outstanding ,
- particularly ,
- patent ,
- perfect ,
- perfectly ,
- perpetual ,
- picturesque ,
- plain ,
- plainly ,
- planet ,
- popeyed ,
- positively ,
- precious ,
- precisely ,
- profound ,
- prominent ,
- pronounced ,
- properly ,
- public ,
- pure ,
- purely ,
- puzzled ,
- quite ,
- rambling ,
- rank ,
- rapt in wonder ,
- rather ,
- raving ,
- really ,
- red hot ,
- regularly ,
- repute ,
- right ,
- rightly ,
- roaring ,
- sad ,
- salient ,
- satellite ,
- saturated ,
- sensing ,
- serious ,
- settle ,
- severe ,
- showy ,
- simply ,
- small amount ,
- sodding ,
- solely ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- sparks ,
- spellbound ,
- spray ,
- squinting ,
- star ,
- stare ,
- stare at ,
- staringly ,
- stark ,
- stark raving mad ,
- starling ,
- starry ,
- stars ,
- steering ,
- stern ,
- sticking out ,
- strictly ,
- striking ,
- stubbornly ,
- stupefied ,
- sublime ,
- supreme ,
- surely ,
- surprised ,
- tawdry ,
- thorough ,
- thorough-paced ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thoroughly ,
- thumping ,
- thunderstruck ,
- totally ,
- tracking ,
- trailing ,
- trancelike ,
- truly ,
- ultimately ,
- unadulterated ,
- unceasing ,
- unconditionally ,
- unequivocally ,
- uniformly ,
- uninitiated ,
- unmistakable ,
- unmitigated ,
- unmitigatedly ,
- unqualifiedly ,
- unreservedly ,
- unshaded ,
- unsurpassed ,
- utter ,
- utterly ,
- uttermost ,
- vacant ,
- vacuous ,
- vestal ,
- visit ,
- vivid ,
- void ,
- wandering ,
- well-defined ,
- well-marked ,
- wholly ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wild-eyed ,
- wonder-struck ,
- yawning .
How to use "Staring" in context?
There's something about staring that always feels creepy. It's like the person staring is judging us, or worse, knows something we don't. Maybe it's because we're automatically wondering what they're thinking, or because we feel like they can see right through us. But whatever the reason, staring always feels a little uncomfortable.
Paraphrases for Staring:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
beginning, browsing, complying, face, facing, fastening, fixing, hanging, like, observing, planting, seeing, setting, standing, starting, turning, viewing, Aiming, Attaching, Checking, Enshrining, Noticing, Commencing, Stipulating, peeking, IIKE, finishwatching, iooking.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Staring:
- southernness, string, suturing, steatornis, star anise, strewing, storminess, shuddering, stirring, sweet orange, strings, strain gage, strain gauge, st. irenaeus, storm sash, straying, stringy, shoe string, string cheese, shoestring, scattering, steering, sauternes, starring, shattering, socket wrench, sturnus, strong, straining, strenuous, strange, streaming, sternness.
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