Meaning of death stare | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look.
   informal
2. A supposed stare that will cause death.

Examples

““I thought it was bring-your-kid-to-work day,” replied Dad, clearly hoping a joke might soften them. He was wrong, as the two goons gave the man a death stare⟳.”

“Handsome, with a Freud-like beard and piercing eyes, it was also said that he had perfected the death stare⟳. Whenever he required the skeleton of some exotic beast to compare⟳ with his fossil bones, he would visit⟳ Basel Zoo and stare⟳ at the appropriate animal, which would soon thereafter shuffle off its mortal coil.”

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