Antonyms for ogled


Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ gəl


Definition of ogled

Origin :
  • 1680s, probably from Low German oeglen, frequentative of oegen "look at," from oege "eye," from Proto-Germanic *augon-, from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). Related to Dutch ogen "to look at," from oog "eye." Related: Ogled; ogling. The noun meaning "an amorous glance" is attested from 1711; earlier it meant "an eye" (1700).
  • verb stare
Example sentences :
  • Here are the keys to that daffodil-hued tri-phibian you ogled at Sporter's exhibit.
  • Extract from : « Zero Data » by Charles Saphro
  • All this because he had ogled a pretty manola at a bull-fight.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 » by Various
  • It was that of the officer who on the day of San Juan had ogled her so rudely.
  • Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid
  • Annapla emerged from her trance, and ogled him with an amusing admiration.
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • The disk shot down the groove, wobbled a while, ceased and ogled them: six.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • He leaned forward in the saddle and ogled the bug-killer with horrid significance.
  • Extract from : « Flying U Ranch » by B. M. Bower
  • One gaudily garbed pair, standing easily at gaze in the middle of the waiting-room, stared brazenly and ogled frank invitation.
  • Extract from : « To Kiel in the 'Hercules' » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • She ogled the King in such a manner that his Majesty burst out laughing.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Frulus bowed, and seated himself in a corner of the salon, whence he ogled Jeannette.
  • Extract from : « The White House (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • He danced with her and ogled her for a fortnight, and then he was obliged to return to his military duties in Spain.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two » by Harriette Wilson

Synonyms for ogled

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