Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 13 compound words that contain stare. The most common are listed below. Open stare in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- stare at the wallTo be bored and idle.
- stare decisisThe principle of following judicial precedent.
- Kubrick stareThe act of looking at the viewer with head tilted downward and eyes peering upward from beneath the eyebrows.
- Gen Z stareA blank stare given in response to a question or statement, claimed to be a common behavior of members of Generation Z.
- stare downTo overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.
- thousand-yard stareA blank, unfocused glance given by a traumatized person, especially a soldier who has seen combat.
- Stare BrusnoA former village, now in Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój, Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, first mentioned in 1444, devasted in 1945 and then depopulated during Operation Vistula in 1947.
- Antarctic stareA mild fugue state that is symptomatic of polar T3 syndrome.
- stare outSynonym of outstare: To stare at (someone) so hard or long that they look away.
- Generation Z stareAlternative form of Gen Z stare: A blank stare given in response to a question or statement, claimed to be a common behavior of members of Generation Z.
- thousand-mile stareSynonym of thousand-yard stare: A blank, unfocused glance given by a traumatized person, especially a soldier who has seen combat.
- death stareA hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look.
- stare someone in the faceTo be extremely visible and obvious to someone.
- lead paint stareA blank or unempathetic stare associated with baby boomers facing people in younger generations (implied to be caused by prolonged lead exposure).
- stare into spaceTo stare in an absent-minded or unfocused way.
- fluoride stareA blank-faced, glazed stare given by common or everyday people when exposed to the beliefs or theories of conspiracy theorists.
- stare daggersSynonym of look daggers: Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
- hundred-yard stareSynonym of thousand-yard stare: A blank, unfocused glance given by a traumatized person, especially a soldier who has seen combat.
- stare like a stuck pigTo be dumbstruck.
Compound words 13
- astareStaring; amazed.
- stareworthyWorthy of being stared at; admirable.
- starefulCharacterised by staring.
- staredownA game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away.
- stareeOne who is stared at.
- stareyCharacterized by staring.
- upstareTo stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
- overstareTo stare wildly.
- starestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of stare
- stareththird-person singular simple present indicative of stare: To look fixedly (at something).