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stareful

stareful adjective: characterised by staring.

Adjective

stareful (comparative more stareful, superlative most stareful)

  1. Characterised by staring.
    • Only see,—he is turning his white stareful face in every direction, and his lips are going a thousand and forty one, a thousand and forty two, a thousand and forty three; […]1849, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Crock of Gold
    • A knock caused the front door to be opened after some delay, and he was confronted by a man who regarded him with stareful eyes.1918, The Ohio Farmer, volume 142, page 330

Forms of stareful

comparativemore stareful
superlativemost stareful

Origin of stareful

From stare + -ful.

Questions about stareful

What does stareful mean?
Stareful means characterised by staring.
What part of speech is stareful?
Stareful is an adjective.

Words near stareful in the dictionary

  1. stared someone in the face
  2. staredown
  3. staredowns
  4. staree
  5. starees
  6. stareful
  7. starer
  8. starers
  9. stares
  10. stares daggers
  11. stares down

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