stare

verb

ADVERB

▪ fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly

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I could see a man staring at me intently.

▪ steadily

▪ impassively

▪ absently, blankly, uncomprehendingly, vacantly

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She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.

▪ disbelievingly, incredulously, open-mouthed, wide-eyed, wildly

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I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.

▪ bleakly, gloomily, glumly, helplessly, morosely

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He stared at me bleakly and said nothing.

▪ coldly, coolly, defiantly, fiercely, stonily

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She stared at him stonily as he came in.

▪ curiously, quizzically, suspiciously, thoughtfully

▪ silently

▪ just, merely, simply

▪ (for) a moment

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For a long moment they just stared at each other.

▪ still

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He was still staring at himself in the mirror.

▪ across, ahead, around, back, down, out, straight ahead, up

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She stared back at him.

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He stared straight ahead and did not move.

VERB + STARE

▪ seem to

▪ continue to

▪ turn to

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Everyone in the room turned to stare at her.

▪ pause to, stop to

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪ across, around, through

▪ after

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She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.

▪ into, out of

▪ in, with

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I stared in horror at his bloody mouth.

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He just stared at her with disbelief.

PHRASES

▪ sit staring, stand staring

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I sat staring at the ruins of the building.

▪ sit and stare, stand and stare, stop and stare

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It was too cold to stand and stare.

▪ stare into the abyss (figurative)

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His party was staring into the abyss.

▪ stare into space

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She was just sitting there, staring into space.

Stare is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face, ↑reflection