thousand-yard stare

English

Alternative forms

• thousand yard stare

Noun

thousand-yard stare (plural thousand-yard stares)

1. (informal, military) A blank, unfocused glance given by a traumatized person, especially a soldier who has seen combat.

   Synonyms: thousand-mile stare, hundred-yard stare

See also

• dead-eyed
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• PTSD
• see the elephant
• shell shock

 

Further reading

• thousand-yard stare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia