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Staring

//ˈstɛəɹɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Shining; vivid, garish.
  2. 2
    Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
  3. 3
    Sensational, lurid. obsolete

    "“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.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers wordnet
  2. 2
    (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who stares.

    "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[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stare form-of, gerund, participle, present

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