![]() ![]() Goggle: to look at with wide eyes, as if in surprise or wonderġ7. Glower: to look at with annoyance or angerġ6. Gloat: to look at with triumphant and/or malicious satisfactionġ5. Gaze: to look steadily, as with admiration, eagerness, or wonderġ4. Gawp: see gape (generally limited to British English)ġ1. Gape: to look at with surprise or wonder, or mindlessly, and with one’s mouth openġ0. Dip (into): to examine or read superficiallyĨ. Contemplate: to look at extensively and/or intenselyĥ. ![]() Consider: to look at reflectively or steadilyĤ. Blink: to look at with disbelief, dismay, or surprise or in a cursory mannerģ. Many of these substitutions come in especially handy when it comes to finding one word to take the place of look-plus-adverb or look-plus-adjective-and-noun, as the definitions demonstrate.ġ. Look, it’s perfectly acceptable to use the verb look, but don’t hesitate to replace this fairly ordinary-looking word with one of its many more photogenic synonyms.
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