looking glass
Shows your reflection
A looking glass is a mirror—a surface that reflects your image back to you.
The term sounds old-fashioned or literary today, familiar mainly from Lewis Carroll's *Through the Looking-Glass*.
She checked her reflection in the looking glass.
The phrase persists in looking-glass world for a place where things are reversed or inverted.
Of a central point
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- distortionTwisting from original state
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
convex · curvature · aberration · refraction · inversion · reversal · periscope · kaleidoscope
Common female name
- CarrollDodgson pseudonym
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- passageSegment of text
threshold · enchanted · magical · Victorian · curiosity · nonsense · White Queen · Jabberwocky
Given reflective coating
- frameSupporting outer structure
- wall-mountedFixed to vertical surface
- handheldDesigned for palm use
- antiqueOld valued collectible
convex · concave · magnifying · cheval · pivot · grooming · bedroom · bathroom
Visual or mental likeness
- selfOne's own being
- doubleTwice the amount
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
twin · duplicate · resemblance · counterpart · doppelganger · shadow · apparition · visage
Groom oneself fastidiously
- preenGroom with self-satisfaction
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- beautyAesthetic excellence
cosmetics · makeup · grooming · glamour · self-regard · preening · admiring · gazing
focal
Of a central point
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- distortionTwisting from original state
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
concave · convex · curvature · aberration · refraction · inversion · reversal · periscope · kaleidoscope · prism
Alice
Common female name
passage · threshold · enchanted · magical · Victorian · curiosity · nonsense · White Queen · Jabberwocky · chess
silvered
Given reflective coating
- frameSupporting outer structure
- wall-mountedFixed to vertical surface
- handheldDesigned for palm use
antique · convex · concave · magnifying · cheval · pivot · grooming · bedroom · bathroom · shatterproof
image
Visual or mental likeness
replica · twin · duplicate · resemblance · counterpart · doppelganger · shadow · apparition · visage · face
primp
Groom oneself fastidiously
- preenGroom with self-satisfaction
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
beauty · cosmetics · makeup · grooming · glamour · self-regard · preening · admiring · gazing · powdering
- mirrorswall mirror, hand mirror, bathroom mirror, floor mirror, full-length mirror
- divinationdivination, fortune telling, fortune-telling, fortune teller, tarot
- AllusionsAchilles heel, Pandora's box, Trojan horse, forbidden fruit, Midas touch
- Mirror themesreflection, mirror image, magic mirror, enchanted mirror, broken mirror
- mirror worldreflection, mirror image, mirror universe, doppelganger, counterpart
- mirrors in artreflection, mirror frame, convex mirror, hand mirror, wall mirror
looking glasswindow
Glass-fitted wall opening
clear glass · windowpane · transparent glass · picture window · skylight
looking glasstelescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
binoculars · spyglass · periscope · viewfinder · open eyes
look, glass, glance, glasses, looks, looking, glazed, glassy, looked