LOOKED ON Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

looked on

verb

past tense of look on

as in stared

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In one photo, Pelphrey playfully cradled Cuoco's baby bump while the actress stared at him with a comically strained smile.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Those of us blessed not to have been at the point of impact filed out onto the lawn and stared back in horror at the broken and burning building.

— Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of stared

Verb

Two years later, when coached by New Zealander Warren Gatland, Wales learned that a haka was not technically over until any side looked away — and so began a tense 80-second stare-off between the two sides.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of looked

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Jack Harbaugh peered into their eyes and was a bit surprised by what was looking back at him.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Rooms in the back of the second and third floors had mahogany window frames that peered into the main space, allowing a foreman to supervise workers.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of peered

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People in surrounding cars gawked, waved and, in one instance, rolled down their windows to shout something that went unheard, as Bonelli explained that the van had internal cameras that were always on but not always being watched.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
On Thursday, the nuisance from the wings was the one being gawked at by a cast young enough to be his kids — a detail Wilson clocked from backstage.

— Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of gawked

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In 2022, Joshua Cain and his partner, André Reyes, stepped into the foyer of the home on Monrovia’s South Ivy Avenue and gaped in wonder.

— Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of gaped

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Cincinnati viewed the move from safety Geno Stone, one of the worst tacklers in the NFL, to Cook, one of the best, as one of the most impactful changes to the defense’s entire attitude.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Although layoffs are often seen as a sign of slowing growth or financial trouble, tech company layoffs have recently been viewed positively in some cases as AI is increasingly helping companies get more out of every worker.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of viewed

Verb

But a 2023 study found that construction professionals perceived the fast-track strategy as posing a different set of risks, including construction errors and productivity declines, when better productivity is supposed to be the whole point.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
None of it is especially difficult, but collectively it can be perceived as quite a speed bump.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026

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