eyeing
Giving a look
Eyeing is looking at something with sustained attention or interest.
You might eye a dessert you're considering, or eye someone suspiciously across the room.
The word often implies assessment or desire: She was eyeing the last slice of pizza.
Also spelled eying.
Perceiving attentively
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- staringGazing without break
- peeringStudying something with concentration
- glancingLooking briefly or obliquely
looking · viewing · regarding · studying · tracking · following · monitoring · surveilling
Judging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- sizing upForming a quick judgment
- gaugingMeasuring or estimating
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
considering · judging · measuring · estimating · rating · checking out · scoping · reviewing
Desiring what's another's
- lustingDesiring intensely
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · pining · fancying · hankering · envying · ogling · admiring · drooling
observing
Perceiving attentively
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- staringGazing without break
- peeringStudying something with concentration
glancing · looking · viewing · regarding · studying · tracking · following · monitoring · surveilling · fixating
evaluating
Judging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- sizing upForming a quick judgment
- gaugingMeasuring or estimating
weighing · considering · judging · measuring · estimating · rating · checking out · scoping · reviewing · examining
coveting
Desiring what's another's
longing · yearning · pining · fancying · hankering · envying · ogling · admiring · drooling · wishing
distrusting
Lacking confidence in others
- doubtingQuestioning the truth
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- waryGuardedly alert
skeptical · mistrustful · leery · guarded · cautious · glaring · squinting · narrowing · frowning · glowering
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- ways of lookingstaring, peering, gawking, glaring, watching
- watchingwatching, viewing, observing, looking, gazing
- window shoppingbrowse, browsing, window-shop, window-shopping, look around
eyeingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · looking away · disregarding · turning a blind eye · missing
eyeingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
neglecting · disregarding · dismissing · snubbing · tuning out
- side eyeingSkeptical sideways glance
eye, eyes, eyeball, eyelash, eyesight, eyed, eyebrow, eyelid, eyeglasses