Synonyms of staring

staring

verb

present participle of stare

as in gazing

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gazing
• gawking
• peering
• glaring
• gaping
• goggling
• gawping
• watching
• blinking
• rubbernecking
• glowering
• gloating
• eyeing
• fixating
• ogling
• leering
• perusing
• studying
• considering
• observing
• regarding
• staring down
• poring (over)
• outfacing
• outstaring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glancing
• peeking
• peeping
• scanning
• dipping (into)
• glimpsing
• browsing
• winking (at)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of staring

While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

But that’s not how the VAR system works, because the Premier League fears that every key decision would end with the ref staring at the pitchside monitor. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The Gulf’s largest energy provider is now staring at the possibility of a two-front war. — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Biggart photographed people coughing and wiping debris from their eyes, firefighters and police officers staring upward, papers floating over streets that had become nearly unrecognizable. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

But today there was Freddie, snuffling in my ear and staring at me. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

There is a photograph in Arnold showing the two men at a dinner, staring with extraordinary concentration at something outside the frame. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Once there, staring at the devastation, there was no denying the reality of death. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026

This, like Hamlet, is about staring death in the face and fulfilling a dream not thought impossible. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026