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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long, fixed stare |
| Synonyms: | fish eye, glaring, gun*, look, looking, ogling, peek, peep, rubbernecking, scrutiny, seeing, survey, watching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be opposite; look at |
| Synonyms: | be turned toward, border, confront, front, front onto, gaze, glare, meet, overlook, stare, watch |
| Antonyms: | back |
| Main Entry: | gawk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at in amazement |
| Synonyms: | bore*, eyeball, gape, gaze, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at briefly |
| Synonyms: | browse, check out, dip into, flash*, flip through, gaze, get a load of, glimpse, leaf through, peek, peep, peer, riffle through, run over, run through, scan, see, skim through, take a gander, take in, thumb through, view |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a dirty look |
| Synonyms: | bore, do a slow burn, fix, frown, gape, gawk, gaze, glower, look daggers, lower, menace, peer, pierce, scowl, stare, stare angrily, stare icily, wither |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visual examination |
| Synonyms: | attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye, eye*, flash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look-see, marking, noticing, observation, once-over, peek, reconnaissance, regard, regarding, review, scrutiny, sight, slant, speculation, squint, stare, surveillance, survey, swivel, view, viewing |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine visually |
| Synonyms: | admire, attend, behold, beware, consider, contemplate, eye, feast one's eyes, flash, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glance, glower, goggle, heed, inspect, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, ogle, peep, peer, pore over, read, regard, rubberneck, scan, scout, scrutinize, see, spot, spy, stare, study, survey, take a gander, take in the sights, tend, view, watch |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | marvel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be amazed |
| Synonyms: | be awed, be surprised, feel surprise, gape, gaze, goggle, stand in awe, stare, wonder |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | ogle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare |
| Synonyms: | eagle eye, eye, eyeball, fix, focus, gape at, gawk, gaze, glare, goggle, lay eyes on, leer, look, look fixedly, make eyes at, peer, rivet, rubberneck, watch |
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