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| Main Entry: |
stare
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gape, watch |
| Synonyms: | beam*, bore*, eagle eye, eye, eyeball, fix, focus, gawk, gaze, glare, glim, goggle, lay eyes on, look, look fixedly, ogle, peer, rivet, rubberneck, take in |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gawk |
| Synonyms: | beam, bore, eye, eyeball, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, give the eye, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, size up, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp |
* = 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 |
Example Sentences
- Staring out for the first time from the canyon's rim at the immensity of the chasm, he trembled with sheer joy.
- And you use it by looking around, not by staring at a screen or a meter.
- About sixty or seventy yards away was the shape of a human form, dark brown, standing and staring at us.
| Main Entry: | glower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frown |
| Synonyms: | glare, gloom, look, look daggers, lower, scowl, stare, sulk, watch |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | leer |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | look at longingly |
| Synonyms: | eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink |
| 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: | peek/peep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak a look |
| Synonyms: | blink, glance, glimpse, have a gander, look, peer, snatch, snoop, spy, squint, stare, take a look |
| Main Entry: | peer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scan, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | bore, eagle eye, eye*, eyeball, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glare, glim, gloat, inspect, look, peep, pin, pry, rubberneck, snoop, spy, squint, stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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