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Adjective staring has 2 senses
- agaze, staring - (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes"
Antonyms: closed, shut (indirect, via open)
- 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"
Antonym: mitigated (indirect, via unmitigated)
Adverbial staring has 1 sense
- staringly, staring - with a stare; "`quoi?' asked Blanchard, staring"
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