GAPED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

gaped

verb

past tense of gape

as in stared

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order

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Recent Examples of gaped Upon first glance of the architectural marvel that is the magnificent indoor-outdoor lobby, my mouth gaped open; on every return visit since, it's done the same. —

Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026 Inside the old asylum, plaster peeled from mottled walls and holes gaped in the ceiling. —

Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Some stuffing gaped out of the rips on the back. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025

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Ursula stared up from the gloomy nave at the enormous mahogany machine booming from the balcony and, rising from it, those shining, impossible banks of pipes that reached into the arches above.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
In response, Ellerbe’s attacker simply stared at her.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 2 June 2026