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Antonyms for stare

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stair
Phonetic Transcription : stɛər

Definition of stare

Origin :
  • Old English starian "to look fixedly at," from Proto-Germanic *star- "be rigid" (cf. Old Norse stara, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch staren, Old High German staren, German starren "to stare at;" German starren "to stiffen," starr "stiff;" Old Norse storr "proud;" Old High German storren "to stand out, project;" Gothic andstaurran "to be obstinate"), from PIE root *ster- "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (cf. Lithuanian storas "thick," stregti "to become frozen;" Sanskrit sthirah "hard, firm;" Persian suturg "strong;" Old Church Slavonic staru "old;" cf. sterile and torpor). Not originally implying rudeness. Related: Stared; staring.
  • verb gape, watch
Example sentences :
  • Why does he fling himself from his horse and stare so strangely about him?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She turned to stare at the Inspector with eyes that were very clear and very hard.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I thought he must be crazed by over-study, and I could only sit and stare at him, open-mouthed.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • One after another of the eleven men felt the weight of his stare.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Kingozi continued to stare at him in the most uncompromising manner.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Simba continued to stare, and Kingozi had lifted his prism glasses.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Kingozi, nursing the bowl of his pipe, continued to stare up at him.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • You stare so hard, and you're always looking at my stockings!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • You shake your heads; then why do you stare at me as though I were a thing accursed and unclean?
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Hold my hand and walk close beside me, but do not stare at me so hard.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Synonyms for stare

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