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starey

/ˈstɛə.ɹi/US/ˈstɛɚ.i/

starey adjective: characterized by staring.

Adjective

starey (comparative starier, superlative stariest)

  1. Characterized by staring.
    • […] skin white as buttermilk and maybe smelling a little like it, and big blue starey eyes, starey to some extent even when she was not distributed over a vaulting horse.2006, Robert Penn Warren, The Cave, page 17

Forms of starey

comparativestarier
superlativestariest
alternative formstary

Origin of starey

From stare + -y.

Words that rhyme with starey

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about starey

What does starey mean?
Starey means characterized by staring.
What part of speech is starey?
Starey is an adjective.
How do you pronounce starey?
Starey is pronounced /ˈstɛə.ɹi/ (UK).

Words near starey in the dictionary

  1. starets
  2. staretses
  3. staretz
  4. staretzes
  5. stareworthy
  6. starey
  7. starfall
  8. starfalls
  9. starfarer
  10. starfarers
  11. starfaring

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