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staring |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stare 2 senses of stare Sense 1 gaze, stare => stare down outface => stargaze Sense 2 stare => glower, glare Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stare 2 senses of stare Sense 1 gaze, stare => stare down outface => stargaze Sense 2 stare => glower, glare Entailment of verb stare Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb stare 2 senses of stare Sense 1 gaze, stare => look Sense 2 stare => look Familiarity of verb stare stare used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stare Sense 1 gaze, stare => look -------------- Sense 2 stare => look -------------- Overview of verb stare The verb stare has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (82) gaze, stare -- (look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement") 2. (4) stare -- (fixate one's eyes; look at with a fixed gaze, as of a sculpture or a painting; "The ancestor in the painting stared down at us menacingly") Overview of adj staring The adj staring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. agaze, staring -- ((used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes") 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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") Overview of adv staring The adv staring has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. staringly, staring -- (with a stare; "`quoi?' asked Blanchard, staring") Antonyms of adj staring 2 senses of staring Sense 1 agaze, staring INDIRECT (VIA open) -> closed, shut Sense 2 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unmitigated) -> mitigated Similarity of adj staring 2 senses of staring Sense 1 agaze, staring => open (vs. closed), opened Sense 2 arrant(postnominal), complete(postnominal), consummate(postnominal), double-dyed(postnominal), everlasting(postnominal), gross(postnominal), perfect(postnominal), pure(postnominal), sodding(postnominal), stark(postnominal), staring(postnominal), thoroughgoing(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => unmitigated (vs. mitigated) Attributes of adj staring Familiarity of adj staring staring used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj staring staring Overview of verb stare The verb stare has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (82) gaze, stare -- (look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement") 2. (4) stare -- (fixate one's eyes; look at with a fixed gaze, as of a sculpture or a painting; "The ancestor in the painting stared down at us menacingly") Overview of adj staring The adj staring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. agaze, staring -- ((used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes") 2. arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter -- (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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") Overview of adv staring The adv staring has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. staringly, staring -- (with a stare; "`quoi?' asked Blanchard, staring")
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