lingering gaze
Eyes that dwell
A lingering gaze is a look held longer than casual glancing warrants, suggesting interest, attraction, desire, or intense scrutiny.
The phrase implies deliberate attention—someone choosing not to look away: She felt his lingering gaze from across the room.
It can be romantic, unsettling, or simply contemplative depending on context.
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- eye contactDirect visual connection
- locked eyesSustained mutual staring
- eyesOrgans of sight
- longingIntense, persistent desire
desire · love at first sight · wistful · yearning · glance · stolen glances · watching · intense · romantic · soulful · bedroom eyes · tender · prolonged · fixated · admiring · beholding · captivated · smoldering
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- eye movementsblink, stare, glance, squint, wink
lingering gazequick glance
Short, rapid look
passing glance · fleeting glance · sideways glance · stolen glance · sidelong glance
linger, lingered, lingers, lingeringly, gaze, gazes, gazed, gazing, gazer