look

look

noun

Definition of LOOK

1

facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling <you should have seen the look on your face when we yelled “Surprise!”>

Synonyms cast, countenance, expression, face, visage

Related Words frown, grimace, lower (also lour), mouth, pout, scowl; grin, smile; air, appearance, aspect, bearing, demeanor, manner, mien, presence

2

an instance of looking especially briefly <she gave the junk mail a quick look before throwing it in the wastebasket>

Synonyms cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse, peek, peep, regard, sight, view

Related Words gape, gaze, glare, leer, ogle, stare; side-glance; squinny, squint; coup d'oeil

3

the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality <the bride's father has the look of a prosperous businessman>

Synonyms aspect, dress, figure, garb, look, mien, outside, presence, regard [archaic]

Related Words air, attitude, bearing, behavior, comportment, demeanor, deportment, manner, poise, pose; carriage, posture, stance; cast, mold, shape, turn; color, coloring, complexion; countenance, face, features, habit, habitus, person [archaic], physiognomy, superficies, visage

looks plthe qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses <a supermodel's career tends to be entirely based on her exceptional good looks>

Synonyms aesthetics (also esthetics), attractiveness, beauteousness, beautifulness, comeliness, cuteness, fairness, gorgeousness, handsomeness, looks, loveliness, prettiness, sightliness

Related Words allure, appeal, attraction, fascination, glamour (also glamor); charm, delightfulness, elegance, exquisiteness, gloriousness, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, resplendency, splendidness, splendiferousness, sublimeness, sublimity, superbness; desirability, desirableness, foxiness, lusciousness, nubility, pulchritude, seductiveness, sex appeal, sexiness, shapeliness, tastiness, toothsomeness, yumminess; flawlessness, perfection; daintiness, delicacy; flamboyance, flashiness, glossiness, showiness, slickness, splashiness

Near Antonyms disagreeableness, dreadfulness, foulness, ghastliness, horribleness, loathsomeness, nastiness, offensiveness, repellency, repulsiveness, terribleness, vileness; blemish, flaw, imperfection

Antonyms grotesqueness, hideousness, homeliness, plainness, ugliness, unattractiveness, unbecomingness, unloveliness, unsightliness