as in staring
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way
I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class
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Recent Examples of ogling
Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Baldoni’s expression was neutral and not ogling or suggestive.
—Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Baldoni’s expression was neutral and not ogling or suggestive.
—Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogling
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Suddenly, the Royals were staring at a 5-2 deficit.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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The vast acreage of the Newport Beach Golf Course has the city eyeing it for help meeting housing needs, a developer interested in building a surf park and golfers wanting to preserve an affordable option for their recreation.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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For Thomas, the first step is eyeing the board members who backed the plan.—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Farran asked, gazing at their graves — cardboard signs smeared with handwritten Arabic because the war has made a proper burial in their village impossible.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Here's what to know about the timing, and if the weather will allow for moon-gazing activities.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This seemingly reflexive action of whipping out their phones while gawking and filming isn’t a novel occurrence.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Those are important characteristics for advertisers seeking to make dynamic campaigns for an audience that's grown accustomed to viewing short-form videos on Reels or gawking at cat photos on Facebook and Instagram.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Ogling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogling. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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