Crossword clues for outstare
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outstare \Out*stare"\, v. t. To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. to stare at someone so hard that they look away
WordNet
v. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent" [syn: stare down, outface]
Usage examples of "outstare".
Maggie returned his gaze, because letting him outstare her would give him some sort of victory over her.
The Princess motioned Mignon to a position beside the piano, from whence she could outstare the cats.
For a few seconds it got like two kids trying to outstare each other, but there is a limit to the amount of time two chewing people can do that and keep a straight face.
York might be able to outstare him, but there was no man on the river could outeat him.
Hanging a metre off the reservoir bed, motionless, trying to outstare a dolphin.
No one could outstare her, and when at last the opposing eyes blinked she would stretch and purr and wind herself around her victim in triumphant pleasure.
Caladrius had become a raven-bone pipe and outstared a basilisk: there had been no raven, no basilisk.
A nun, who paused, and seemed for a moment as if she were set on outstaring the camcorder.