Antonyms for look
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : loo k |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÊŠk |
Definition of look
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."
- noun visual examination
- noun characteristic, stylish appearance
- verb examine visually
- verb appear, seem to be
- verb expect, anticipate
- verb face
- She's one of the build that aren't so big as they look, nor yet so small as they look.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- One need not look so high as the old-fashioned stuccoed ceiling.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Look at him now over there, the way he goes around butting into strangers.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You began to look bad as soon as you left off your breakfast.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "He will look for me, and seem bewildered, as if something were lost," replied Philothea.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Look out you don't get mixed up in it yourself, that's all I ask.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We are like men in a subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only forward to the entrance.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He wears the look of one who is gnawed with envy, and he heaves the sigh of despair.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Why, of course not, Uncle Peter; only I had to look around some at first,—for a year or so.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Synonyms for look
- admire
- air
- aspect
- attend
- attention
- await
- bearing
- behold
- beholding
- beware
- case
- cast
- complexion
- consider
- contemplate
- contemplation
- count on
- countenance
- demeanor
- display
- divine
- effect
- evidence
- evil eye
- exhibit
- express
- expression
- eye
- face
- fashion
- feast one's eyes
- flash
- focus
- forecast
- foretell
- front
- front on
- gander
- gape
- gawk
- gaze
- get a load of
- give onto
- glance
- glimpse
- glower
- goggle
- guise
- gun
- heed
- hope
- hunt
- indicate
- inspect
- inspection
- introspection
- keeping watch
- leer
- look like
- look-see
- make clear
- manifest
- manner
- mark
- marking
- mien
- mind
- mug
- note
- notice
- noticing
- observation
- observe
- ogle
- once-over
- overlook
- peek
- peep
- peer
- physiognomy
- pore over
- presence
- present
- read
- reckon on
- reconnaissance
- regard
- regarding
- resemble
- review
- rubberneck
- scan
- scout
- scrutinize
- scrutiny
- search
- see
- seek
- seeming
- semblance
- show
- sight
- slant
- sound
- speculation
- spot
- spy
- squint
- stare
- strike as
- study
- surveillance
- survey
- swivel
- take a gander
- take in the sights
- tend
- view
- viewing
- visage
- watch
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