harked
Gave careful ear
Harked is the past tense of hark, an old-fashioned or literary word meaning to listen attentively.
The word survives mainly in the phrase hark back, meaning to return to an earlier topic or recall something from the past: The design harked back to Victorian architecture.
She harked back to her childhood summers by the lake.
Recalled past experiences fondly
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- recollectedBrought back to awareness
- evokedSummoned forth mentally
- summonedCalled to appear
revisited · reflected · invoked · conjured · recalled · retrieved · revived · relived
Of earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
memories · past · vintage · heritage · classic · timeless · longing · yearning
reminisced
Recalled past experiences fondly
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- recollectedBrought back to awareness
- evokedSummoned forth mentally
summoned · revisited · reflected · invoked · conjured · recalled · retrieved · revived · relived · retraced
bygone
Of earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- wistfulSadly longing for something
sentimental · memories · past · vintage · heritage · classic · timeless · longing · yearning · olden
heeded
Gave due attention
caught · perceived · received · registered · acknowledged · marked
harkedignored
Purposely not noticed
disregarded · tuned out · dismissed · neglected · overlooked
- hark backRecall or evoke
- harken backRecall something earlier
- harkened backRecalled something earlier
- harked backReferenced the past
- harking backRecalling something previous
- harkening backRecalling something earlier