STARE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈster

as in to gaze

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband

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noun

as in gaze

a fixed intent look caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film

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Recent Examples of stare

Verb

His bruises caught by the window’s light, his good side cast in ominous shadow, Martian’s focus shifts from the people on the other side of the glass to the man staring back at him in it. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025 People were staring into each other’s eyes, speaking spontaneously, litigating national divisions in a manner that looked like a support group and felt like The Jerry Springer Show. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025

Noun

Jamie gives him a lethal stare and tells him to go away. —

Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025 This can lead to some awkward outbursts and odd stares in the U.S., but, in the Philippines, that’s just the way life is. —

Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stare