staring vs taken aback

staring

adj
  • Shining; vivid, garish. 

  • Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes. 

noun
  • The act of one who stares. 

taken aback

adj
  • Surprised, shocked. 

  • Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast. 

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