Staring — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

look at with fixed eyes

fixate one's eyes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈɛɹɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈeəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈeəɹɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈɛɹɪŋ/.

Examples

The students stared at the teacher with amazement
The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly
The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

complete gross double-dyed gaze pure stark thoroughgoing utter arrant consummate stare everlasting star perfect asterisk sodding agaze unadulterated

Parts of Speech

verb	look at with fixed eyes “The students stared at the teacher with amazement”
verb	fixate one's eyes “The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly”
verb	feature as the star “The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man”
verb	be the star in a performance
verb	mark with an asterisk “Linguists star unacceptable sentences”
adjective	(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder “staring eyes”
adjective	without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers “an arrant fool”

Word Forms

gaze	noun	a long fixed look
stare	noun	a fixed look with eyes open wide
starer	noun	a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
star	noun	a performer who receives prominent billing
asterisk	noun	a star-shaped character * used in printing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

starrt

mit starren Augen betrachten

🇫🇷French

en regardant

regarder avec les yeux fixes

🇪🇸Spanish

mirando fijamente

mirar con ojos fijos

🇮🇹Italian

stupefatto

guardare con occhi fissi

🇳🇱Dutch

staren

met vaste ogen kijken

🇵🇹Portuguese

olhando fixamente

olhar com olhos fixos

🇷🇺Russian

глядя

смотреть неподвижными глазами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घूरना

स्थिर आँखों से देखो

🇮🇳Tamil

முறைத்துப் பார்க்கிறது

உறுதியான கண்களால் பார்க்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

తదేకంగా చూస్తున్నాడు

స్థిరమైన కళ్లతో చూడు

🇮🇳Marathi

टक लावून पाहणे

स्थिर डोळ्यांनी पहा

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಿಟ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಾ

ಸ್ಥಿರ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಿಂದ ನೋಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തുറിച്ചുനോക്കുന്നു

ഉറച്ച കണ്ണുകളോടെ നോക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘੂਰਨਾ

ਸਥਿਰ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵੇਖੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھورنا

مستحکم آنکھوں سے دیکھو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

凝视

🇯🇵Japanese

見つめる

じっとした目で見る

🇰🇷Korean

노려보는

고정된 눈으로 바라보다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhìn chằm chằm

nhìn bằng mắt cố định

🇹🇭Thai

จ้องมอง

มองด้วยสายตาที่แน่วแน่

🇮🇩Indonesian

menatap

lihat dengan mata terpaku

🇵🇭Filipino

nakatitig

tumingin ng may tirik na mata

🇲🇾Malay

merenung

memandang dengan mata terpejam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يحدق

انظر بعيون ثابتة

🇮🇷Persian

خیره شدن

با چشمان ثابت نگاه کن

🇹🇷Turkish

bakıyor

sabit gözlerle bakmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

בוהה

להסתכל בעיניים קבועות

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