staring
See also: Staring
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
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Verb
staring
Noun
staring (plural starings)
- The act of one who stares.
- Herman Melville, Pierre
- 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 […]
- Herman Melville, Pierre
Adjective
staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)
- Shining; vivid, garish. [from 14th c.]
- Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) Sensational, lurid. [18th–19th c.]
- 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.”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.8: