gawping
Ogling with amazement
Gawping is British and Irish English for gaping or staring stupidly, mouth hanging open: Tourists stood gawping at the castle.
The word suggests slack-jawed wonder or vacant curiosity.
Americans typically say gawking, which carries the same connotations.
Gazing without break
- open-mouthedWith jaw dropped
- slack-jawedMouth open from shock
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
flabbergasted · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · stupefied · agog · aghast · stunned · speechless
Gazing without break
- oglingStaring with desire
- leeringStaring with lustful intent
- impoliteLacking good manners
- uncouthLacking good manners
boorish · discourteous · intrusive · tactless · unmannerly · brazen · shameless · crass
Gazing without break
- oglingStaring with desire
- rubberneckingStaring at spectacles curiously
- peeringStudying something with concentration
- onlookingWatching without participating
spectating · bystander · inquisitive · nosy · prying · watching · observing · eyeballing
staring
Gazing without break
- open-mouthedWith jaw dropped
- slack-jawedMouth open from shock
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
dumbfounded · flabbergasted · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · stupefied · agog · aghast · stunned · speechless · incredulous
staring
Gazing without break
uncouth · boorish · discourteous · intrusive · tactless · unmannerly · brazen · shameless · crass · inconsiderate
staring
Gazing without break
- oglingStaring with desire
- rubberneckingStaring at spectacles curiously
- peeringStudying something with concentration
onlooking · spectating · bystander · inquisitive · nosy · prying · watching · observing · eyeballing · fixated
gawpingglancing
Looking briefly or obliquely
peeking · glimpsing · looking away · sidelong glance · side-eyeing
gawpingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
looking away · disregarding · overlooking · tuning out · turning a blind eye