gaze
Steady intent look
Gaze is a steady, prolonged look—more intent than a glance, less aggressive than a stare.
You gaze at something that holds your attention: She gazed out the window, He couldn't tear his gaze away.
The noun names this kind of looking: under the gaze of the crowd, averting her gaze.
In academic contexts, the gaze refers to the way a viewer regards what's viewed, often with implications of power: the male gaze, the colonial gaze.
Prolonged fixed gaze
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- ogleStare lustfully at
- gawkStare openly, stupidly
- gapeStare with mouth ajar
leer · lock · rivet · transfix · unbroken · steady · frozen · vacant
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- desireIntense wanting
- cravingPowerful urge to have
aching · languishing · wishful · hopeful · nostalgic · melancholy · sentimental · lovesick
Actively looking at something
- viewingAct of watching something
- beholdingPerceiving with the eyes
- regardingOn the subject of
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
scanning · monitoring · tracking · following · noticing · perceiving · witnessing · attentive
Penetrating or very sharp
- penetratingPassing into or through
- burningCombustion in progress
- steelyHard and unwavering
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
sharp · unwavering · unflinching · riveting · mesmerizing · hypnotic · searing · smoldering
Profound loving regard
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
veneration · idolization · infatuation · fascination · enchantment · captivation · rapture · swooning
Focused attention practice
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- musingReflective contemplation
rumination · pensive · thoughtful · brooding · absorbed · philosophical · mindful · serene
Inspecting with care
- inspectingExamining closely for flaws
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- analyzingExamining in detail
- probingThoroughly investigating something
appraising · evaluating · assessing · searching · investigative · clinical · critical · discerning
stare
Prolonged fixed gaze
gape · leer · lock · rivet · transfix · unbroken · steady · frozen · vacant · blank
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
craving · aching · languishing · wishful · hopeful · nostalgic · melancholy · sentimental · lovesick · sighing
watching
Actively looking at something
surveying · scanning · monitoring · tracking · following · noticing · perceiving · witnessing · attentive · vigilant
meet
Come into contact
drop · lower · shift · break · lock · return · sustain · maintain · direct · mutual
piercing
Penetrating or very sharp
- penetratingPassing into or through
- burningCombustion in progress
- steelyHard and unwavering
fierce · sharp · unwavering · unflinching · riveting · mesmerizing · hypnotic · searing · smoldering · hawkish
adoration
Profound loving regard
devotion · veneration · idolization · infatuation · fascination · enchantment · captivation · rapture · swooning · starry-eyed
meditation
Focused attention practice
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
musing · rumination · pensive · thoughtful · brooding · absorbed · philosophical · mindful · serene · tranquil
examining
Inspecting with care
- inspectingExamining closely for flaws
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- analyzingExamining in detail
probing · appraising · evaluating · assessing · searching · investigative · clinical · critical · discerning · calculating
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- sightvision, eyesight, view, glimpse, glance
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, nodding
- eye movementsblink, stare, glance, squint, wink
- focusfocus, concentration, attention, focal point, concentrate
gazelook away
Redirect one's gaze
ignore · overlook · disregard · turn a blind eye · shut one's eyes
- fierce gaze
- intense gaze
- star gazingObserving celestial bodies
- navel gazingExcessive inward contemplation
- fixed gaze
- steely gazeIntense, unwavering look
gazed, gazing, gazebo, gazes, stargazer, stargazing, gazer, gazers, stargazers