Synonyms for look upon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : loo k
Phonetic Transcription : lÊŠk

Top 10 synonyms for look upon Other synonyms for the word look upon

Définition of look upon

Origin :
  • Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.
  • Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."
  • As in reckon : verb add up; evaluate
  • As in regard : verb believe, judge
  • As in survey : verb scrutinize, take stock of
  • As in take : verb understand
  • As in treat : verb act, behave towards
  • As in envision : verb conceive
  • As in valuate : verb estimate
  • As in consider : verb regard a certain way
  • As in count : verb consider, deem
  • As in envisage/envision : verb picture in one's mind
  • As in estimate : verb guess, try to value
Example sentences :
  • Whether I will be permitted again to look upon your dear faces, I also am ignorant.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It was proposed to send for me down: but my father said, he could not bear to look upon me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Can I not see by your brightened eye how you would love to look upon these things?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And I have seen them with my own eyes, these very eyes which look upon you.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Ach, no," said he humbly; for he could not look upon my face and hold his anger.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Miss Bartlett was pleased to look upon this incident as funny.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Indeed I had been frightened; yet why should not the world demand to look upon me?
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • He does not look upon it as a sin, as carrying any dishonor; he may be cheated, but he cheats no man.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The scene was so shameful that I could scarce bear to look upon it.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Mrs. Luttridge will look upon him as her dupe, and make him such.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Antonyms for look upon

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