Synonyms for quested
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kwest |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɛst |
Top 10 synonyms for quested Other synonyms for the word quested
- ask about
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- be after
- be on the lookout
- be on to
- beat
- beat about
- beat the bushes
- bellow
- bird-dog
- blubber
- bob for
- cast about
- catechize
- chase
- chase after
- chase down
- clamor
- cross-examine
- delve
- delve for
- determine
- dig for
- dig out
- dig up
- disclose
- discover
- dragnet
- elicit
- enquire
- extract
- fan
- ferret
- ferret out
- fish
- fish for
- forage
- frisk
- get at
- give the third degree
- go after
- go in quest of
- go over
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grill
- groan
- grope
- growl
- grub
- gun for
- hit
- hit up
- hold out for
- hoot
- hunt
- hunt down
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- interrogate
- interview
- investigate
- keen
- knock
- lament
- learn
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look about
- look all over hell
- look around
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- make inquiry
- moan
- mouse
- nose
- nose around
- nose out
- outcry
- penetrate
- petition
- pick one's brains
- pick up on
- pierce
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- prowl
- pry
- pump
- pursue
- put through the wringer
- put to the question
- query
- quest
- question
- quiz
- raise question
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- roar
- roast
- root
- root out
- rummage
- run after
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scout out
- scratch
- scratch around
- scream
- scrutinize
- search
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shake down
- shout
- show curiosity
- shriek
- sift
- smell around
- smell out
- smoke out
- sniff out
- solicit
- sound out
- study
- sweat it out of
- trace
- track down
- trail
- try to find
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- ululate
- uncover
- unearth
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- winnow
- work over
- worm out
- yell
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
Définition of quested
Origin :- c.1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."
- As in howl : noun long, painful cry
- As in question : verb ask for answer
- As in search : verb seek to find something
- As in seek : verb look for
- As in ululate : verb howl
- As in ferret out : verb search out
- As in hunt : verb look, search for
- He had quested for the difference with his ear,—and the difference lay in the feel of the sound.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Horde » by Hal G. Evarts
- Well, then, Paris had quested forth to find and win the most beautiful of women.
- Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune
- They shrank down in fear, and quested anxiously about with their eyes for a way of retreat.
- Extract from : « Before Adam » by Jack London
- Failing in many attempts to open them, he quested food, found it, and consoled himself with it.
- Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939 » by Ray Bradbury
- Yet it was possible that those in the catacombs were unaware how Scotland Yard, night and day, quested for Mr. King.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
- Yet I stayed not in my going, as I quested through the deep-wooded hill, till I beheld him, and instantly essayed my prowess.
- Extract from : « Theocritus, Bion and Moschus » by Theocritus
- The moon brooded upon the lulled waves, and quested among the ridges of driftwood for pearly shells.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
- He had quested along the trail and found Smoke's tracks where he had left it to take refuge on the bank.
- Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London
Antonyms for quested
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