![]() ![]() Dragan stared and felt his head burning.Some children scattered, turning to stare.→ stare somebody out → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus stare ![]() ![]() stare into space (=look for a long time at nothing ) Jo's always lying on the sofa staring into space. phrases stare in disbelief/horror/amazement etc Hilary stared in disbelief at the kitchen clock. stare moodily (=rather unhappily ) He was staring moodily into his glass. stare vacantly (=seeming not to notice or be thinking anything ) Mum was staring vacantly at the fire. stare unseeingly/blindly literary (=not noticing anything, although your eyes are open ) She sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall. stare blankly (=without emotion, understanding, or interest ) Lucy stared blankly at the teacher. stare fixedly (=without moving your head or eyes ) Harry stared fixedly out of the window. ► see thesaurus at look 2 → be staring somebody in the face → stark staring mad COLLOCATIONS adverbs stare hard/intently (=very steadily, with a lot of attention ) She stared hard at him for a moment. She sat there staring into space (=looking for a long time at nothing ). S3 W2 verb 1 LOOK AT to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes, for example because you are surprised, angry, or bored stare at What are you staring at? stare (at somebody) in disbelief/amazement/horror etc She stared at me in disbelief.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English stare stare 1 / steə $ ster / ![]()
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