Staring and Thorough

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

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Thorough is a synonym for staring. In some cases you can use "Thorough" instead an adjective "Staring".

Nearby Words: stare, stared

Thorough adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

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Staring is a synonym for thorough. Sometimes you can use "Staring" instead an adjective "Thorough".

Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness

The player decided to be ridiculously thorough, to the point of talking to nearly every character and visiting nearly every area after everything, making Mike look like a moron who could never work out what to do next and had a strange fixation on standing in his bathroom and staring into space.

Source: Memetic Loser
Staring into certain mirrors will also instantly drive you insane, and attempting to rob the bazaar and failing has a thorough round of this trope as punishment, as the Masters will come for you and bring their Brown Note masks to drive you instantly crazy the moment they speak.

Source: Mind Rape / Video Games

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