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People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.
Jason Aldean

Meaning of "staring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STARING

staring  [ˈstɛərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Staring is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STARING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

staring

Staring

Staring is a prolonged gaze or fixed look. In staring, one object or person is the continual focus of visual interest, for an amount of time. Staring can be interpreted as being either hostile, or the result of intense concentration or affection. Staring behaviour can be considered a form of aggression, or an invasion of an individual's privacy. If eye contact is reciprocated, mutual staring can take the form of a battle of wills, or even a game where the loser is the person who blinks or looks away first – a staring contest. To some extent, the meaning of a person’s staring behaviour depends upon the attributions made by the observer. Staring often occurs accidentally, when someone appears to be staring into space they may well be lost in thought, or stupefied, or simply unable to see. Staring conceptually also implies confronting the inevitable – ‘staring death in the face’, or ‘staring into the abyss’. Group staring evokes and emphasises paranoia; such as the archetypal stranger walking into a saloon in a Western to be greeted by the stares of all the regulars. The fear of being stared at is called Scopophobia.

Definition of staring in the English dictionary

The definition of staring in the dictionary is gazing curiously. Other definition of staring is having a fixed expression, because of madness, death etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARING


airing
ˈɛərɪŋ
Baring
ˈbɛərɪŋ
bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
caring
ˈkɛərɪŋ
daring
ˈdɛərɪŋ
despairing
dɪˈspɛərɪŋ
fairing
ˈfɛərɪŋ
glaring
ˈɡlɛərɪŋ
interest-bearing
ˈɪntrəstˌbɛərɪŋ
long-wearing
ˌlɒŋˈwɛərɪŋ
overbearing
ˌəʊvəˈbɛərɪŋ
pairing
ˈpɛərɪŋ
paring
ˈpɛərɪŋ
raring
ˈrɛərɪŋ
seafaring
ˈsiːˌfɛərɪŋ
sparing
ˈspɛərɪŋ
tearing
ˈtɛərɪŋ
unsparing
ʌnˈspɛərɪŋ
wayfaring
ˈweɪˌfɛərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARING

starer
staretz
starfish
starfished
starflower
starfucker
starfucking
stargaze
stargazer
stargazing
staringly
stark
Stark effect
stark-naked
starken
starkers
Starkey
starkly
starkness
starless

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARING

ball bearing
bring
child-bearing
child rearing
clearing
disciplinary hearing
endearing
file sharing
file-sharing
gearing
God-fearing
hearing
load-bearing
photo-sharing
profit-sharing
rip-roaring
roaring
rolling bearing
searing
shearing
soaring

Synonyms and antonyms of staring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STARING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «staring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of staring
eyeball · gape · gawk · gawp · gaze · goggle · look · ogle · rubberneck · watch

Translation of «staring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARING

Find out the translation of staring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of staring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «staring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凝视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirando
570 millions of speakers

English

staring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يحدق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глядя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encarando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনিমেষনেত্রে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

regarder
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

merenung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

starrend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見つめて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

응시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhìn chằm chằm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறைக்கிறாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तेजस्वी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fissando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wpatrując
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивлячись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu ochii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοιτάζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stirrande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stirrer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of staring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARING»

The term «staring» is very widely used and occupies the 13.841 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about staring

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10 QUOTES WITH «STARING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word staring.
1
Jason Aldean
People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.
2
James Avery
On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience couldn't see him, but there he was with his naked butt staring me in the face. I didn't normally hang out with twenty-something practical jokers, so sometimes he was a little much.
3
Iain Banks
I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog, and that's largely because I spend my working life staring at a screen and hitting a keyboard, I am trying to cut down on that, not increase it.
4
Rebecca Black
To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard.
5
Carole Bouquet
A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be a woman. I was never taught what femininity was. I learnt it - or rather I invented it - on my own. I tended not to talk at all, if people were staring at me.
6
Bo Burnham
I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
7
Bryan Burrough
Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all day in a room by yourself, juggling nouns and verbs to make a demanding editor happy.
8
Emily Carr
I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.
9
Nancy Cartwright
Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
10
Julian Clary
I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARING»

Discover the use of staring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to staring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Staring at the Sun: Being at peace with your own mortality
Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world's leading group psychotherapist. In STARING AT THE SUN, he explores how the knowledge of our own mortality affects the unconscious mind of every human being.
Irvin D. Yalom, 2011
2
Staring: How We Look
In the first book of its kind, Garland-Thomson defines staring, explores the factors that motivate it, and considers the targets and the effects of the stare.
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, 2009
3
Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right
In this third edition of his acclaimed book, Jason Osipa teaches you his secrets for breathing life and drama into animated characters through the face.
Jason Osipa, 2010
4
Staring Down the Dragon
Fifteen-year-old Dell DeMillo tries to adjust to life when she returns to high school after being treated for cancer.
Dorothea N. Buckingham, 2003
5
Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical ...
Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained.
Michael Harding, 2013
6
Staring At The Sun
From the Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020.
Julian Barnes, 2010
7
Staring back: the disability experience from the inside out
Collects nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and drama by writers with disabilities, including Nancy Mairs, Marilyn Hacker, John Hockenberry, Adrienne Rich, and Mark O'Brien
Kenny Fries, 1997
8
Understanding Julian Barnes
In 1986 Julian Barnes followed Flaubert's Parrot with Staring at the Sun. As his exasperated reactions to its critical reception (quoted in the previous chapter) make clear, it disappointed many reviewers, at least in England. The reasons for this ...
Merritt Moseley, 1997
9
Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous ...
Staring at Sound is the tale of the Flaming Lips’s fascinating career (which, in reality, began in 1983) and the many colorful personalities in their orbit, especially Wayne Coyne, their charismatic and visionary founder.
Jim Derogatis, 2007
10
Staring at Sound
'Staring at Sound' is the tale of the Flaming Lips's fascinating, long career (which began in 1983) and the many colourful personalities in its orbit, particularly Wayne Coyne, the charismatic and visionary founder.
Jim DeRogatis, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term staring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pregnant woman sees 'ghost' of her mum staring back at her from …
An pregnant woman claims she can see the ghost of her mother staring back at her - from a baby scan. Rebecca Melia lost her mum Sharon to kidney cancer in ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Actress being sued for staring at man through TV screen
An actress in China is being sued by a man who watched her prime time TV show, 'Tiger Mom' because he says she was staring too intensely at him, through ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
Shanghai man sues actress Zhao Wei for 'staring' at him on TV
Today in weird court cases: a man in Shanghai filed a lawsuit against the famous actress Zhao Wei for staring at him through the TV screen. The man has ... «Shanghaiist, Jun 15»
4
Listen To A New Song By Mates Of State
"Staring Contest" opens a new five-song Mates Of State EP with a June 16 release date and the characteristically optimistic title You're Going To Make It. Casting ... «NPR, Apr 15»
5
Man stabbed in East Providence bar fight; one accused other of staring
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 46-year-old East Providence man was taken to the hospital early Monday morning with stab wounds received in a barroom fight. «The Providence Journal, Apr 15»
6
Flinch is a new app that lets strangers challenge each other to …
is a new iPhone app that brings the awkward childhood game, staring contests, to mobile devices. It launched last July and an updated version was released a ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
7
Police: Man shot in the foot after staring contest at gas station
The victim told police he was a passenger in a vehicle and had a staring contest with someone, who then shot him in the foot. No words were exchanged in the ... «KRMG, Mar 15»
8
Can you outstare a chicken? New Popeyes staring contest app …
A new app fast-food chain Popeyes plans to launch later this month will allow smartphone users to test their staring contest skills by going head to head with a ... «NOLA.com, Mar 15»
9
The Sunday Sessions: Staring at Lakes cover The Cure and perform …
Staring at Lakes are a Dublin-based band that have made real waves in the last 12 months with their infectious indie-folk sound. The four-piece's stock is ... «JOE, Mar 15»
10
Staring out to win with Kawasaki and Pedercini in Superstock 1000
Australia's Bryan Staring rejoins Team Pedercini for a full-scale attempt at the 2015 FIM Superstock World Cup title, riding the awesome Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. «SBK, Jan 15»

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