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  1. stares

    Staring is a prolonged gaze or fixed look. In staring, one object or person is the continual focus of visual interest, for an amount of time. Staring can be interpreted as being either hostile like disapproval of another's behavior, or the result of intense concentration, interest or affection. Staring behavior can be considered as a form of aggression like when it is an invasion of an individual's privacy in certain contexts, or as a nonverbal cue to convey feelings of attraction in a social setting. The resultant behavior or action defines whether it is aggressive in nature (e.g. leering that results in street harassment), passive or active expression of attraction, etc. However, to some extent staring often occurs accidentally, and often a person would be simply staring into a space for awareness, or could be lost in thought, stupefied, or be unable to see. As such, the meaning of a person's staring behavior depends upon the attributions made by the observer.In a staring contest, a mutual staring can take the form of a battle of wills. When eye contact is reciprocated, it could be an aggressive-dominating game where the loser is the person who looks away first. Staring conceptually also implies confronting the inevitable – 'staring death in the face', or 'staring into the abyss'. Group staring evokes and emphasizes paranoia; such as the archetypal stranger walking into a saloon in a Western to be greeted by the stares of all the regulars. The fear of being stared at is called scopophobia.

Anagrams for stares »

  1. setars

  2. tarses

  3. tasers

  4. Tasers

  5. assert

  6. asters

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stares in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stares in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stares in a Sentence

  1. Brad Knudson:

    We've dealt with a little bit of racism, you know, stares, things like that when she calls us mom or dad, but she didn't notice so we just blew it off because it was directed towards us.

  2. Sanita Belgrave:

    When I look in the mirror, determination stares at me.

  3. Pam Fischer:

    Nobody ever brings up speed, i say to people,' What about speeding ?' They look at me with blank stares.

  4. Scott C. Holstad:

    i got the fear deep inside breathing hard i run to avoid the glare the pain of the lights the stares intrude invade i stumble up the stairs avoid inquisitive eye contact the darker you are the harder you die and they don't never care – i need to rest

  5. Robert Odawi Porter:

    Alcohol has ravaged Indian communities. It stares us in the face every day, now we’ve got to carefully examine the impact of marijuana.

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