staring
verb (present participle)UK /ˈsteə.rɪŋ/
US /ˈster.ɪŋ/
Looking at something for a long time without looking away.
The little boy was staring at the elephant at the zoo.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A long, fixed look at someone or something.
She gave him a cold stare across the room.
3. To be wide open and easy to see, as eyes do.
The bright colors were staring at us from the shop window.
4. To be very obvious or impossible to miss.
The answer was staring me in the face the whole time.