Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To look directly and fixedly at someone or something, often with wide open eyes.
Stare
/steə/Synonyms:
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Examples:
For a time, the two men stared wildly at each other.
What do you say, my friends?"Ryland was staring at Achille Poirot."
"He stares at me."
Etymology:
The word stare comes from the Old English starian, meaning to gaze or to look attentively, and is related to the Old Norse stara, coming from a Germanic root.
Usage Statistics:
67 mentions per 1 million words 
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