harking
Paying close attention
Harking is the present participle of hark, an old word meaning to listen.
It survives almost entirely in the phrase hark back, meaning to return to an earlier topic or evoke something from the past: The design harks back to Victorian architecture.
Outside this fixed expression, harking sounds archaic or deliberately quaint.
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- bygoneOf earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
retrospect · flashback · nostalgia · evoke · invoke · reference · allude · callback
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- bygoneOf earlier times
yesteryear · retrospect · flashback · nostalgia · evoke · invoke · reference · allude · callback · throwback
hear
Perceive by ear
attentive · earshot · aural · auditory · mark · note · perceive · reception · alert · receptive
harkingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · tuning out · not listening · turning a deaf ear · unhearing
harkinglooking forward
Expecting something eagerly
looking ahead · anticipating · forward-looking · forgetting · forecasting
- harking backRecalling something previous
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