Glaring and Staring

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Glaring adjective - Very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad.

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Staring and glaring are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Staring" instead an adjective "Glaring".

Nearby Words: glare, glaringly, glared

Staring adjective - (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.

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Glaring and staring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glaring" instead an adjective "Staring".

Nearby Words: stare, stared

Arch devils inflict fear by looking at others: Amon, Asmodeus, Mammon and Mephisto with their gaze, Baalzebul with his glance, Belial and Dispater by staring and Geryon by glaring.

Source: Supernatural Fear Inducer
The homeless men who were staring into the bubbling water, doubly glaring since their dog found pieces of a corpse in the sewers.

Source: Film / Alien vs. Predator aka: AVP Alien Vs Predator
Accomplishments include staring down a cockatrice as it was turning her to stone, taming Cerberus, and glaring down a dragon hundreds of times her size.

Source: Badass Adorable / Western Animation

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