"thousand-yard stare" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thousand-yard stares [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} thousand-yard stare (plural thousand-yard stares)
  1. (informal, military) A blank, unfocused glance given by a traumatized soldier. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Military, Thousand Synonyms: thousand-mile stare, hundred-yard stare, thousand yard stare Related terms: dead-eyed, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, shell shock
    Sense id: en-thousand-yard_stare-en-noun-F2MVboVX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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