LOOKED ON Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

looked on

verb

past tense of look on

as in stared

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In 1999, the then-69-year-old great-grandmother helped obtain extra government benefits for workers who lost their jobs in a citrus freeze and stared across the contract bargaining table at lawyers for the giant Gallo wine company.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Yes, that same Mason from the premiere who Ge-Z stared Daisy into giving up a leather trench coat.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stared

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MacMahon transformed Ramanujan’s formulas into two kinds of partitions that looked nothing alike, but whose counts always came out identical.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
The winless Heat looked determined to get its first victory of the season, playing with aggressiveness and force on Wednesday.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of looked

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Johnson gazed at one of his own paintings, which hangs in the dark-red lounge and features outlines of houses.

— Emma Allen, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
The fact that Drew still gazed upon my more than half-a-century-old, decidedly not-hot physique with love and desire was a marvel and a gift.

— Diana Daniele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of gazed

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Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 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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Purges of officials -- including some viewed as his political rivals -- have been carried out on a scale that led critics to argue the campaign was also used to consolidate his power.

— KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Nowhere was his balancing act viewed more extremely than with Ukraine.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of viewed

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Given the president’s delicate psyche, Maher knew anything short of absolute praise would be perceived as an insult.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Taking Ownership of Morocco’s Creativity Reflecting on how Moroccans are perceived in the broader industry, one of El Moutii’s biggest qualms is the conception that Morocco is a hub for cheap labor and goods.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

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