"staring" meaning in English

See staring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg Forms: more staring [comparative], most staring [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)
  1. Shining; vivid, garish.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-~ca3Btlm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 17 20 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 14 0 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 13 2 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 8 0 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 77 9 0 7 7
  2. Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-BH18eKxG
  3. (obsolete) Sensational, lurid. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-v8ZDTZAA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: staring contestl, staringly, staring spell, stark staring mad

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg Forms: starings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} staring (plural starings)
  1. The act of one who stares.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-noun-MDDgz5ov

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} staring
  1. present participle and gerund of stare Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: stare
    Sense id: en-staring-en-verb-XLN~xA4I

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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