Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stare
Participle: stared
Gerund: staring
Indicative
Present
| I | stare |
| you | stare |
| he;she;it | stares |
| we | stare |
| you | stare |
| they | stare |
Perfect
| I | have stared |
| you | have stared |
| he;she;it | has stared |
| we | have stared |
| you | have stared |
| they | have stared |
Past
| I | stared |
| you | stared |
| he;she;it | stared |
| we | stared |
| you | stared |
| they | stared |
Pluperfect
| I | had stared |
| you | had stared |
| he;she;it | had stared |
| we | had stared |
| you | had stared |
| they | had stared |
Future
| I | will stare |
| you | will stare |
| he;she;it | will stare |
| we | will stare |
| you | will stare |
| they | will stare |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stared |
| you | will have stared |
| he;she;it | will have stared |
| we | will have stared |
| you | will have stared |
| they | will have stared |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stare |
| you | stare |
| he;she;it | stare |
| we | stare |
| you | stare |
| they | stare |
Perfect
| I | have stared |
| you | have stared |
| he;she;it | have stared |
| we | have stared |
| you | have stared |
| they | have stared |
Imperfect
| I | stared |
| you | stared |
| he;she;it | stared |
| we | stared |
| you | stared |
| they | stared |
Pluperfect
| I | had stared |
| you | had stared |
| he;she;it | had stared |
| we | had stared |
| you | had stared |
| they | had stared |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stare |
| you | would stare |
| he;she;it | would stare |
| we | would stare |
| you | would stare |
| they | would stare |
Perfect
| I | would have stared |
| you | would have stared |
| he;she;it | would have stared |
| we | would have stared |
| you | would have stared |
| they | would have stared |
Imperative
| you | stare |
| we | Let's stare |
| you | stare |
Verbs conjugated like 'stare'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stare'
scare,
share,
snare,
spare,
stage,
stake,
stale,
star,
stark,
start,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to look fixedly
- gaw, gloar, glom
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-.
2. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start. See: Middle English '
staren', Old English '
starian', Dutch '
staren', German, old spelling '
starren'.
Sample Sentences
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How I remained on deck, staring about me, until we came alongside the dock, and how, though I had had as many eyes as Argus, I should have had them all wide open, and all employed on new objects—are topics which I will not prolong [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] check-taker, or guard, or whatever he may be, wears no uniform. He walks up and down the car, and in and out of it, as his fancy dictates; leans against the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] were seldom satisfied, even by that, but would return to the charge over and over again. Many a budding president has walked into my room with his cap on his head and his hands in his pockets, and stared at me for two whole hours: occasionally refreshing himself with a tweak of his nose, or a draught from the water-jug; or by walking to the windows and inviting other boys in the street below, to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] every bad inclination in the popular mind, and artful suppressions of all its good influences: such things as these, and in a word, Dishonest Faction in its most depraved and most unblushing form, stared out from every corner of the crowded hall.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] would start and fix his eyes on him, and then suddenly withdraw them, as the bright, dark eyes met his with such unconcerned coolness. At last, a sudden recollection seemed to flash upon him, for he stared at the stranger with such an air of blank amazement and alarm, that he walked up to him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two ditto ditto of yellow soap, a comb and brush for the head, and nothing for the teeth. Everybody uses the comb and brush, except myself. Everybody stares to see me using my own; and two or three gentlemen are strongly disposed to banter me on my prejudices, but do n't. When I have made my toilet, I go upon the hurricane-deck, and set in for two [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] frightful appearance; and as he reasoned, he relaxed his speed by gradual degrees; until at last he stopped, and faced about. There was his brother, with the mud upon him glazing in the sun, yet staring out of the very same hole, perfectly amazed at his proceedings ! He was no sooner assured of this; and he assured himself so carefully that one may almost say he shaded his eyes with his hand to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Seventeen: ’ although I should have thought her older. In the best room were two oil portraits of the kit-cat size, representing the landlord and his infant son; both looking as bold as lions, and staring out of the canvas with an intensity that would have been cheap at any price. They were painted, I think, by the artist who had touched up the Belleville doors with red and gold; for I seemed to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] heels in rocking-chairs, or lounging on the window-sill, or sitting on a rail within the colonnade: they have not often anything to say though, either to us or to each other, but sit there idly staring at the coach and horses. The landlord of the inn is usually among them, and seems, of all the party, to be the least connected with the business of the house. Indeed he is with reference to the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] it was quite a common circumstance on looking out of the window, to see the coachman with the ends of a pair of reins in his hands, apparently driving nothing, or playing at horses, and the leaders staring at one unexpectedly from the back of the coach, as if they had some idea of getting up behind. A great portion of the way was over what is called a corduroy road, which is made by throwing trunks [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Suddenly, I felt something staring at me from the corner.
(Affliction)
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' What are you staring at me for ? ' If Annapoorani tells you
(Magudam)