staring UK /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/US /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes. •Shining; vivid, garish. •(no longer used) Sensational, lurid. noun1 •The act of one who stares.Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space[…] — 1852 formsstarings · more staring · most staring