hard stare
Intense fixed gaze
A hard stare is a prolonged, intense look directed at someone, usually conveying disapproval, suspicion, or warning.
Unlike a glance, it's deliberate and sustained: She fixed him with a hard stare until he looked away.
The phrase often appears with verbs like give, fix, or level: The teacher gave the class a hard stare.
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- icy glareHostile, cold expression
- gazeFixed, intent look
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- intenseExtreme in degree
eyes · evil eye · scrutiny · glower · fixed · unwavering · daggers · if looks could kill · icy · steely · penetrating · withering · dirty look · cold · unblinking · intimidating · stern · disapproval
hard stareglance
Brief, casual look
quick look · passing glance · cursory look · sidelong glance · stolen glance
hard stareaverted gaze
Deliberately not looking
looking away · downcast eyes · blank stare · vacant look · glazed look
hard, stare, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardness, hardly