outstare

[out-stair]

verb (used with object), out·stared, out·star·ing.

to outdo in staring; stare down.
to cause (someone) discomfort or embarrassment.

Origin of outstare

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + stare

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Examples from the Web for outstare

Historical Examples of outstare

If you have the stoniest of British stares he will outstare you.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Remembering their first encounter, the grocer tried to outstare him; but Gourlay hardened his glower, and the grocer blinked.
The House with the Green Shutters
George Douglas Brown
We were less than a skiff's length apart, each trying to outpose and outstare the other.
Roof and Meadow
Dallas Lore Sharp