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English
Pronunciation
Verb
staring
- present participle and gerund of stare
Noun
staring (plural starings)
- The act of one who stares.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space […]
Adjective
staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)
- Shining; vivid, garish.
- Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
- (obsolete) Sensational, lurid.
1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.8:“I fear, with regard to the world in general, she is utterly incorrigible, because it has neither pleasure nor advantage to offer, that can compensate for the deprivation of relating one staring story, or ridiculous anecdote.”
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