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

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

But You Caint Use My Phone, which brimmed with affirmative heaters that wonderfully interrogated screen-staring. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Adrienne Senneville, who lives in neighboring New Hampshire, sat pensive outside of court on Monday, staring at the building in silence. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Four of the best months of the year, staring us right in our fat faces. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

The only thing reflected is her face staring back from the glass. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Finkelstein is also part of another program that will attempt to re-create Hubble and JWST’s famous deep-field images, which revealed millions of previously unseen galaxies by staring at seemingly empty patches of sky. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

New Orleans could be staring at 0-2 after opening the season with road games at Detroit and Baltimore. — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026