Upstare

Quick meaning: Upstare is a verb meaning (intransitive, archaic) To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.

Meaning

(intransitive, archaic) To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.

Example Sentences

[…] aghast, upstared my Hair, I speechless stood!

[…]With hair up-staring—then like reeds, not hair—[…]

I have no people living ; none, Thank God ! will mourn me there, / Dreaming in misery of one Whose clouded eyes upstare

Th' Blofielders wor a right upstaren' lot o' chaps, and we had several owd scores ter set off agin them, so all Ranner woted for savage camp and Blofield didn't gainsay us.

Word Forms

• upstares
• upstaring
• upstared

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include upstand, erect, astand, sit up, stare, stand.

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