staring

(verb) look at with fixed eyes. Synonyms: gaze, stare. Example: "The students stared at the teacher with amazement."

(verb) fixate one's eyes. Synonyms: stare. Example: "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly."

(adj) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder. Synonyms: agaze. Example: "Staring eyes."

(adj) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Synonyms: arrant(prenominal), complete(prenominal), consummate(prenominal), double-dyed(prenominal), everlasting(prenominal), gross(prenominal), perfect(prenominal), pure(prenominal), sodding(prenominal), stark(prenominal), staring(prenominal), thoroughgoing(prenominal), utter(prenominal), unadulterated. Examples: "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."