Antonyms for gaped


Grammar : Verb
Spell : geyp, gap
Phonetic Transcription : geɪp, gæp


Definition of gaped

Origin :
  • early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth, gape," common West Germanic (cf. Middle Dutch, Dutch gapen, German gaffen "to gape, stare," Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from PIE *ghai- (see gap). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, from 1530s.
  • verb gawk
  • verb be wide open
Example sentences :
  • Hinde gaped at him, incapable of expressing himself with sufficient force.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • One shoe reclined in the southwest corner and the other gaped in the northeast.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • He gaped at her vague, pearly face, as if she had suggested some enormity.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • He returned no answer and gaped about him full of consternation and passion.
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • Bill Crane jumped from his horse, stretched his limbs, and gaped.
  • Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • I turned and saw a knight, who asked me why I gaped like a mooncalf at the torn bird.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • Two of the members of Observation-Post Fourteen gaped after the retreating monster.
  • Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster
  • So they gaped at it and let it run wild, called it names, and threw stones at it.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • I must have gone white for Don and Jane gaped at me in astonishment.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • He looked tired, and gaped several times as he was talking to me.
  • Extract from : « Down South » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for gaped

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