v.
- look fixedly at someone or something with the eyes wide open.
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(stare someone out/down)
look fixedly at someone until they feel forced to look away.
- be unpleasantly prominent or striking.
n.
an act of staring.
Phrase
- be staring one in the face
be glaringly obvious.
Derivative
Etymology
OE starian, of Gmc origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’.