cold stare
Frosty visual rebuke
A cold stare is a prolonged look conveying hostility, disapproval, or emotional distance.
Unlike a glance, a stare is held deliberately, and cold adds the quality of being unfriendly or unfeeling: She fixed him with a cold stare until he looked away.
The phrase suggests controlled anger or contempt rather than passionate fury.
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- death glareIntensely hostile stare
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- frostyCold or unwelcoming
if looks could kill · steely · ice queen · blank · poker face · hostile · unblinking · withering · daggers · evil eye · contempt · distant · emotionless · hard · expressionless · resting bitch face · glacial · stony
- angry expressionsfurrowed brow, clenched jaw, narrowed eyes, scowl, glare
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- eye movementsgaze, blink, glance, squint, wink