GAWPING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

gawping

verb

present participle of gawp, chiefly British

as in staring

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise tourists in London gawping at royalty

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Recent Examples of gawping In response, the women maneuvered their craft behind some brush, hiding from the soldiers gawping at them from the bank. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

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The first half of the film is on the dull side, featuring lots of footage of Fielder and Holmes staring at each other, unblinking, in an attempt to convince each other of their sincerity.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
That’s no way to run a city, especially when a glaring safety problem is staring us in the face.

— Frank Morano, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

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The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
On most days the Jewel House in the Tower of London is packed with tourists gawking at the fabled British Crown Jewels.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of gawking

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Laserstein shows herself at work, gazing out at the spectator, her model peering thoughtfully over her shoulder, a collaborative force in the artwork rather than its passive object.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Rows of bent heads gazing at their phone screens; each face replaced by a ray of light sucked towards the screen.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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