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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While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
But that’s not how the VAR system works, because the Premier League fears that every key decision would end with the ref staring at the pitchside monitor.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Such an approach runs the risk of gawking at an unfamiliar people, their hegemonies and their ways of life, even with the best intentions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 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

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Lodging options include houseboats along the banks of the Kennebunk River with private rooftop decks for gazing at the autumnal views.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Geese’s lead singer, Cameron Winter, is stretched out at full length on a comfortable chair in another corner of the room, gazing intently at a phone with a single large crack marring its screen.

— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026

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