Synonyms for staring
star·ing

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1. agaze, staringadjective

   (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

   "staring eyes"

   Synonyms:
   sodding(a), complete(a), thoroughgoing(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), agaze, utter(a), perfect(a), gross(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, arrant(a), stark(a), double-dyed(a), pure(a)

   Antonyms:
   closed, mitigated, shut

2. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

   without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

   "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

   Antonyms:
   closed, shut, mitigated

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1. List of paraphrases for "staring":

   watching

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1. Joe Parent:

   He has become very, very mechanical. Tiger never looked like Vijay Singh was moving in a mechanical way when Vijay Singh was the master of the short game, vijay Singh was staring that green down and Vijay Singh had a picture of what that ball was going to do.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   Bukowski was wrong. these words don't matter. you pound them out and send them off and they're gone just like that and all you're left with is a blank screen staring you in the face.

3. Margaret Halsey:

   Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

4. Tony Oppedisano:

   He was incredibly personable, very giving, very caring, very compassionate. The press painted him with that rough exterior, but for the most part, he was just a regular guy. I remember I had gotten a call that my dad was being taken to a hospital in New York. As you can imagine, I wasn’t in the most jovial mood. Frank was doing his best to cheer me up… I remember I went to the bathroom and when I came out, lo and behold, there’s Frank. He had emptied out a pack of unfiltered Camel cigarettes. He stuck like four cigarettes in each ear, three cigarettes in each nostril. And he had about 12 cigarettes across his lips. And he’s just staring at me like that.

5. Thana Singh:

   My son was unable to overcome the stress. We were staring at massive losses caused either by the Bt cotton seeds, or maybe by fake pesticides, i don't want to touch Bt seeds until I have a firm answer.