# staring

Pronunciation: say "STAIR-ing" US /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/, UK /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of stare. — present participle and gerund of stare
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of stare. Use this -ing form when someone is looking hard at something right now.
   - _The guard kept staring at the suspicious package on the bench._
   - _Staring rudely at strangers is something children eventually learn to avoid._

## Adjective

2. Looking fixedly at someone or something with the eyes wide open.
   - Simple: Looking hard at something with the eyes wide open.
   - _Her staring gaze never wavered from the witness on the stand._
   - _The patient lay still, his staring eyes turned toward the ceiling._
4. Bright, vivid, or garish to the point of being showy or excessive.
   - Simple: Very bright or colorful in a way that looks like far too much.
   - _The hallway was painted in staring shades of orange and pink._
   - _He decorated the float with staring decorations no eye could miss._

## Noun

3. The act of looking fixedly at someone or something for an extended time.
   - Simple: The act of looking at someone for a long time without looking away.
   - _The staring of the crowd unnerved the young performer._
   - _She found his persistent staring both rude and unsettling._

## Adjective

5. Sensational or lurid in character, calculated to shock or excite. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Shocking and exciting in a cheap, crude way.
   - _The pamphlet's staring account of the crime sold thousands of copies._
   - _Respectable critics scorned the play's staring appeals to morbid curiosity._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/staring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).