starers
They fix eyes
People who stare.
The word appears most often when someone feels watched or scrutinized: She pushed through a crowd of starers on her way to the podium.
Unlike glancers or passersby, starers fix their gaze and hold it.
People who stare intrusively
- rubberneckersThose who stare nosily
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- bystandersPeople present but uninvolved
- observersThose who watch events
watchers · viewers · witnesses · voyeurs · peepers · lookers · ogling · crowd
Lacking good manners
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- creepyDisturbingly strange
unsettling · rude · inappropriate · brazen · shameless · bold · unabashed · leering
Harshly conspicuous or bright
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- fixatingFocusing to excess
- unblinkingNot closing one's eyes
- penetratingPassing into or through
burning · riveted · transfixed · mesmerizing · hypnotic · captivating · intent · steely
gawkers
People who stare intrusively
- rubberneckersThose who stare nosily
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- bystandersPeople present but uninvolved
observers · watchers · viewers · witnesses · voyeurs · peepers · lookers · ogling · crowd · audience
impolite
Lacking good manners
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
creepy · unsettling · rude · inappropriate · brazen · shameless · bold · unabashed · leering · ogling
glaring
Harshly conspicuous or bright
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- fixatingFocusing to excess
- unblinkingNot closing one's eyes
penetrating · burning · riveted · transfixed · mesmerizing · hypnotic · captivating · intent · steely · hawklike
- blank stareExpressionless, unfocused gaze
- stare atLook fixedly toward
- stare into spaceGaze vacantly ahead
- cold stareHostile, unblinking gaze
- death stareIntensely hostile glare
- stared downDefeated by unblinking gaze