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Antonyms for look daggers
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : loo k |
| Phonetic Transcription : lʊk |
Definition of look daggers
Origin :- Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.
- Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."
- As in rage : verb be angry
- As in threaten : verb warn, pressure
- As in frown : verb scowl
- As in glare : verb give a dirty look
- As in glower : verb frown
- Nurse will look daggers at me and think I've been bullying you.
- Extract from : « Cynthia » by Leonard Merrick
- They look daggers at me if I put my head into the schoolroom.'
- Extract from : « The Two Sides of the Shield » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- You might look daggers at him for an hour and he would not notice it, and it would not trouble him if he did.
- Extract from : « Three Men in a Boat » by Jerome K. Jerome
- He was very musical, you know; he'd look daggers at you if you happened to sneeze in the middle of one of his Beethoven sonatas.
- Extract from : « The Story Of Julia Page » by Kathleen Norris
- For myself, having acquired only polite French, I can but "look daggers" when I am abused.
- Extract from : « Pencillings by the Way » by N. Parker Willis
Synonyms for look daggers
- abuse
- admonish
- augur
- be beside oneself
- be furious
- be uncontrollable
- blackmail
- blow a fuse
- blow one's top
- blow up
- bluster
- boil over
- bore
- bristle
- browbeat
- bully
- caution
- chafe
- champ at bit
- cloud up
- comminate
- cow
- do a slow burn
- enforce
- erupt
- fix
- flex muscles
- fly off the handle
- foam at the mouth
- forebode
- forewarn
- fret
- frown
- fulminate
- fume
- gape
- gawk
- gaze
- give a dirty look
- give the evil eye
- glare
- gloom
- glower
- go berserk
- grimace
- growl
- have a fit
- have a tantrum
- intimidate
- knit brows
- let off steam
- look
- look black
- look daggers
- look stern
- lower
- make a fuss over
- make threat
- menace
- overflow
- peer
- pierce
- portend
- pout
- presage
- pressurize
- push around
- rail at
- rampage
- rant
- rant and rave
- rave
- roar
- scare
- scold
- scowl
- scream
- seethe
- shake fist at
- snap at
- snarl
- splutter
- spook
- stare
- stare angrily
- stare icily
- steam
- storm
- sulk
- surge
- tear
- terrorize
- throw a fit
- torment
- walk heavy
- watch
- wither
- work oneself into sweat
- yell
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