staring ppl adjective. ['stɛ:rɪŋ] LME.
[from STARE verb + -ING¹.]
1. That stares, gazing fixedly with wide open eyes. Also, frantic, wild. LME.
staring mad colloq. conspicuously deranged (see also STARK adverb 2).

2. Shining, bright. LME-E16.

3. Glaringly conspicuous; obtrusive. Formerly also, sensational, lurid. E16.
■ George Eliot There are some staring yellow curtains.
■ W. M. Spackman What an utter staring lie.

4. Of hair, feathers, etc.: upright, standing up, bristling. M16.

■ staringly adverb L16.

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