stareverb

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to look at someone or something
lookLook over there! A rainbow!
watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
peekHe peeked inside the box.
stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
He gazed out over the emptiness of the moors.
He gazed at her, his eyes full of longing.他凝视着她，眼里充满了渴望。
She gazed in admiration at his broad, muscular shoulders.她盯着他那肌肉发达的宽阔肩膀，好生欣赏。
She was gazing out the window, rocking rhythmically to and fro.她注视着窗外，身体有节奏地来回摇晃着。
The women sitting opposite us were gazing admiringly at baby Joe.坐在我们对面的女人们正钦佩地注视着婴儿小乔。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab

Examples of gazing

gazing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Until the child made a selection, the experimenter kept gazing at the child, thus avoiding looking at either the visible object or the bucket.
Infants' own gestures of pointing, showing objects, gazing, and accompanying affective expressions are used as directives for adult participation in object play.
The uninformative cue comprised a photograph of a forward-facing head with the eyes statically gazing left or right.
Of course, it doesn't follow that merely gazing at miniature tableaux would have the same effect.
The subjects of gazing and glancing tend to become more complex in the landscape.
A line indicates that the party marked is gazing towards the other; absence indicates lack of gaze.
The opera, too, ends with the people gazing upwards at a change in the weather, as the storm clears and the sun breaks through.
If you spend too much time gazing at the horizon, you do not see what is directly under your feet.
The visibility of the gazing eye is also its vulnerability.
His constant gazing at a big wristwatch puts him in a different cultural frame with an alien concept of time.
However, when the old speaker used a new term (inexplicably breaking a conceptual pact), addressees experienced interference, delaying gazing at the target object.
She was gazing at him open-mouthed, with undried tears on her nose and cheek and a despairing look on her face.
A vain man could not indulge in narcissistic gazing even if he wanted to.
Occasionally, speakers do produce a gazing pose that seems designed specifically to show other-than-addressed recipients that they are not being addressed, while nonetheless gazing at the intended recipient.
As the act of gazing was not yet evaluated as another facet in the unbalanced power relation between the periphery and the metropolis, it was still considered something positive.
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