eying
Giving lingering looks
Eying is watching or looking at something with interest, suspicion, or desire: She was eying the last piece of cake.
The spelling eyeing is more common, but both are standard.
To eye someone up is to assess them, often with romantic or sexual interest.
Actively looking at something
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- lookingUsing eyes to observe
- viewingAct of watching something
- peeringStudying something with concentration
glancing · staring · regarding · surveying · scanning · beholding · noticing · spotting
Desiring what's another's
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- lustingDesiring intensely
hungering · thirsting · envying · wanting · pining · ogling · admiring · fancying
Inspecting with care
- inspectingExamining closely for flaws
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- analyzingExamining in detail
- assessingEvaluating worth or significance
evaluating · appraising · reviewing · measuring · probing · investigating · checking · questioning
With apparent distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- guardedlyWith protective caution
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
watchfully · mistrustfully · leery · dubiously · askance · sideways · nervously · uneasily
watching
Actively looking at something
peering · glancing · staring · regarding · surveying · scanning · beholding · noticing · spotting · seeing
coveting
Desiring what's another's
lusting · hungering · thirsting · envying · wanting · pining · ogling · admiring · fancying · wishing
examining
Inspecting with care
- inspectingExamining closely for flaws
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- analyzingExamining in detail
assessing · evaluating · appraising · reviewing · measuring · probing · investigating · checking · questioning · judging
suspiciously
With apparent distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- guardedlyWith protective caution
cautiously · watchfully · mistrustfully · leery · dubiously · askance · sideways · nervously · uneasily · alertly
eyingaverting
Preventing by action
looking away · avoiding · glancing away · turning a blind eye · avoiding eye contact
eyingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · overlooking · neglecting · dismissing · tuning out
- side eyingSkeptical sideways glance