stare

fixer, regarder fixement

Regarder quelqu’un ou quelque chose longtemps sans détourner les yeux.

En anglais simple : To look at someone or something for a long time without looking away.

• Please do not stare at me.
• She stared at the empty chair.
• Why are you staring out of the window?

Comment l'utiliser : stare at someone/something (He stared at the strange picture.); stare into something (She stared into the darkness.)

Synonymes : gaze

Expressions courantes : stare at someone, stare into space, stare out, stare at something

intimider du regard

Amener quelqu’un à changer de comportement en le fixant d’un regard insistant et intimidant.

En anglais simple : To make someone behave differently by looking at them steadily and strongly.

• She stared him down.
• He stared the noisy boys into silence.
• Neither player could stare the other down.

Comment l'utiliser : stare someone down (The guard stared the visitor down.); stare someone into something (She stared him into silence.)

Synonymes : outstare

Expressions courantes : stare someone down, stare someone into silence

regard fixe

Regard prolongé et immobile porté sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A long, steady look at someone or something.

• He gave me a cold stare.
• Her stare made me uncomfortable.
• We received curious stares from the other passengers.

Synonymes : gaze

Expressions courantes : a cold stare, a blank stare, give someone a stare