stare

Meaning

1. To look fixedly (at something).
2. To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
3. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
4. (obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

gaze

look

stare at

look fixedly

look straight at

look closely

visual search

look often

look intently

look at stedfastly

look stedfastly

look sharply

concentraded

look askance

pay attention to

glare at

look askance at

look daggers at

open eyes

peep at

observation

look fixedly at

steady look

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɛɚ/

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.