GAZING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

gazing

verb

present participle of gaze

as in staring

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see

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Recent Examples of gazing Deployed in 2004, the Swift Observatory spent over two decades gazing into some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 Yes, seen from down in the crater, the sky was a piece of living archaeology, and the longer Gunn could spend gazing out at it, the better her grasp of the root of time. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 This tilt toward Gloria causes the film to lose its way a bit, pulling focus from the more potentially vital mentor-disciple dynamic between Ed and the anxious, navel-gazing Meyers. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Bored staffers spent endless hours gazing at their phones, leading supervisors to restrict phone use. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 The first image shows the mother-of-two enjoying a moment of calm outside, wearing a pair of pale jeans and a blue striped shirt, gazing thoughtfully into the distance. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 There, Kikuko lies on a luxurious bed and dies while gazing out to sea. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Hunt could be seen gazing out at the water while sitting on a yacht’s deck on a beanbag, and doing a yoga pose in their hotel suite in other photos. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026 If the weather cooperates, the possibilities are endless — hiking, surfing, sunbathing, strolling, gazing at the stars in the sky. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 July 2026

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For you, that could mean fewer moments spent staring at your Messages app waiting for a bank code to arrive.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Auf der Maur, in white, is twisted away from the audience, staring intently at the lens.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

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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
Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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