staring

staring
    adj 1: (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder;
           "staring eyes" [syn: {agaze}, {staring}]
    2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
       intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
       consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
       negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
       mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
       nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: {arrant(a)},
       {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)},
       {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)},
       {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)},
       {utter(a)}, {unadulterated}]
    

stare \stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared} (st[^a]rd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren,
   OHG. star[=e]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira,
   Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed,
   Gr. stereo`s solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong.
   [root]166. Cf. {Sterile}.]
   1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear,
      wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest
      and prolonged gaze on some object.
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            For ever upon the ground I see thee stare.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence,
      color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
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   3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.]
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            Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak.
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            Take off all the staring straws and jags in the
            hive.                                 --Mortimer.
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   Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}.
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88 Moby Thesaurus words for "staring":
      agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrant, astonished,
      astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered,
      bewitched, blatant, bold, breathless, captivated, clean-cut, clear,
      clear as crystal, clear-cut, confounded, conspicuous,
      crystal-clear, defined, definite, distinct, dumbfounded,
      dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled,
      entranced, evident, fascinated, flabbergasted, flagrant, gaping,
      gauping, gazing, glaring, hanging out, hypnotized, in awe,
      in awe of, in focus, in relief, in the foreground, lost in wonder,
      marveling, mesmerized, notable, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive,
      obvious, open-eyed, openmouthed, ostensible, outstanding,
      overwhelmed, patent, plain, popeyed, prominent, pronounced,
      puzzled, rapt in wonder, salient, spellbound, staggered,
      stark-staring, sticking out, striking, stupefied, surprised,
      thunderstruck, under a charm, unmistakable, well-defined,
      well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved, wide-eyed,
      wonder-struck, wondering