LOOKED ON Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

looked on

verb

past tense of look on

as in stared

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As prosecutors played audio of Davis explaining the moment Shakur was shot, members of Shakur's family, including his stepbrother Maurice Shakur, stared ahead and listened intently from the audience.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Near the intersection of 11th Street and Washington Avenue, Hoffmann stopped and stared at the illuminated building across the street — the Miami Beach Police Department.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of stared

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On Air Force One, somewhere above Alaska, White House communications director Steven Cheung gazed out at the Northern Lights.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 20 Aug. 2026
Kikuko rolled over on her side and gazed up at the sky, which had suddenly become blanketed in thunder clouds.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of gazed

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Oswalt peered down the pitcher’s mound and aimed a first-pitch fastball high and inside.

— Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Dern's 7-year-old daughter peered her head over the barricade from her front row seat and shouted encouragement each time mom got close to her side of the cage.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 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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When viewed in person, however, the midsection and backside can look slabby, flat, and abrupt from certain angles.

— Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Benioff said the numbers show that AI is strengthening rather than cannibalizing the business, pointing to the very companies once viewed as a threat to traditional software-as-a-service, or SaaS.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of viewed

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As a result, what was perceived as the Dolphins’ deepest position unit (linebackers) quickly becomes the thinnest.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
In response, the White House established the Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism, headed by Secretary of State William Rogers, to address what was perceived as a growing threat of terrorism.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of perceived

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