All stare synonyms
stare
S s verb stare
- do a slow burn β If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- glooming β total or partial darkness; dimness.
- look daggers β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- wiretapping β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- mess with β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- ogle β to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- give the eye β the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- wonder β to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- listen in β to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- marvel β something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- eyeballed β Simple past tense and past participle of eyeball.
- leer β to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
- mousing β a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
- look over β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- candling β a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- gawk β to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
- make eyes at β the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- wiretap β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- contemplate β If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- be-held β simple past tense and past participle of behold.
- gape β to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.
- glower β to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- eagle-eye β unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
- catch sight of β to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- goggle β goggles. large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc. spectacles designed for a special purpose, as night-vision or stereoscopic goggles. Informal. glasses, or eyeglasses: I can't see a thing without my goggles. Synonyms: specs, shades.
- glim β a light or lamp.
- glare β a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.
noun stare
- gawp β to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.
- gaze β stare
- look-see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- look see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- look β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.