LOOKING ON Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

looking on

verb

present participle of look on

as in staring

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Verb

On top of that, many schools have kids spending lots of time on screens, even though staring at them for long periods can be stressful and exhausting.

— Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Residents will encounter him perched on the air conditioner just outside their apartment, staring in.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of staring

Verb

Walking through the doors of Valkyrie Arms Training in Meridian, you are greeted by a large mural of 19th century women on the Western frontier, dressed in period gowns and gazing into the distance — and wielding firearms.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
The night sky has incredible depth, and there's nowhere better to learn how to appreciate that than when gazing at the Summer Triangle.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of gazing

Verb

Cyrus’ flawless-looking skin was in part thanks to the Maybelline New York Lifter Plump and Glow Foundation, a sheer base that can be built up for more coverage.

— Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Other air styler round brushes leave my fine hair looking more wind-swept than blown-out, with a ton of fly-aways.

— Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026

Definition of looking

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As wellness clinics increasingly capitalize on the exploding interest in the chains of amino acids that promise everything from longevity to weight loss, a Washington Post investigation has found gaping holes in the nation’s regulatory system.

— Lauren Weber, Washington Post, 24 July 2026
Matt’s full transformation into Clayface — the true towering form with gaping mouth and deep, cavernous eyes — will be saved as a surprise for theaters.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

Definition of gaping

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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
The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of gawking

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Iraola has made a really positive start, but there are glaring gaps in the squad Slot left behind that have yet to be filled.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Once launched, Eärendil-1 would deploy an 18-meter-wide steerable mirror to demonstrate that technological feat; anyone or anything in the path of its beam would see the satellite as a glaring dot shining up to four times brighter than a full moon.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Definition of glaring

Verb

People mill around, peering into the Jeep, captured by a shaky camera that someone is streaming live to Instagram.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
About an hour and a half later, while peering over police tape blocking off the road in front of the campus, Kelly-Tuason lamented the violence that rattled the school and the surrounding neighborhood.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Definition of peering

Verb

On my recent visit, a handful of stray tables and chairs offered a private viewing station to take my morning coffee and consider the new landscape of Detroit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
The lines form images of animals that can only be fully appreciated from planes or viewing towers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of viewing

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