■ verb
1》 look fixedly at someone or something with the eyes wide open.
↘( ~ someone out/down ) look fixedly at someone until they feel forced to look away.
2》 be unpleasantly prominent or striking.
■ noun an act of staring.
Phrases
be staring one in the face be glaringly obvious.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
OE starian , of Gmc origin, from a base meaning 'be rigid'.