stare

/steər/ verb (present participle staring, past tense and past participle stared)

Definition

› to look at someone or something for a long time and not move your eyes: Sean was staring at me.

stare noun

(Definition of stare verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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