looking

Plural: lookings

Noun

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
  • "he gave it a good looking at"
  • "his camera does his looking for him"
• the act of searching visually
• The act of one who looks; a glance.

Verb

• perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
• give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• have a certain outward or facial expression
• search or seek
• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
• take charge of or deal with
• convey by one's expression
• look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • "She is looking to a promotion"
• accord in appearance with
• have faith or confidence in
• present participle and gerund of look
• as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.

Adjective Satellite

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
  • "left their clothes dirty looking"
  • "a most disagreeable looking character"
  • "angry-looking"
  • "liquid-looking"
  • "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"

Examples

• dorky-looking

Synonyms

appear, attend, await, bet, calculate, count, depend, expect, face, front, look, looking at, looking for, reckon, search, see, seem, sounding, take care, wait

Antonyms

back

Related Words

caught looking, here's looking at you, looking glass, not see for looking, on the outside, looking in, strike out looking, what are you looking at

Anagrams of looking