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. David Harris:

   I could write a book on our frustration in literally hundreds of meetings with European leaders who, however otherwise well intentioned, refused to grasp the problem staring them -- the anti-Semitic problem staring them in the face, they ducked it they avoided it ... and now 15 years later the problem is so big and so deadly and so rooted that it's going to take a lot more than one eloquent speech by a president or a prime minister.

2. New York:

   Now instead of staring down the bull, she's going to be staring down all of business, i'm delighted, absolutely delighted, that Fearless Girl is getting a permanent home, right here in front of New York Stock Exchange.

3. Kelly Cochran:

   The first time I saw her was in the courthouse, i just remember her staring at me and grinning. I took a deep breath and thought she was the scariest person I've ever seen. I was afraid. I could n’t look at her for the rest of the time I was there testifying. It was like she was … laughing and saying, ‘ Look at what I did. You ca n’t stop me. ’ … She just sat there and grinned.

4. Lexy Saraswate:

   Just her courage, i felt that was the thing: What do you do when you're staring death in the face? She set a goal for herself and accomplished it, even surpassed it. She's an inspiration.

5. Theresa Hannigan:

   I went from staring at the walls and wondering what my future was going to hold … [ReWalk] saved my life. It really did.