Synonyms for ogling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-guh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for ogling Other synonyms for the word ogling
Définition of ogling
Origin :- 1680s, probably from Low German oeglen, frequentative of oegen "look at," from oege "eye," from Proto-Germanic *augon-, from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). Related to Dutch ogen "to look at," from oog "eye." Related: Ogled; ogling. The noun meaning "an amorous glance" is attested from 1711; earlier it meant "an eye" (1700).
- verb stare
- But the dim lights seemed to be ogling each other and smiling, as he passed.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- While the crowd was ogling this ascent, I walked through the temple doors.
- Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
- Verinder helped himself to a sandwich, ogling Moya the while with his eyeglass.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- She was always imagining him ogling at every woman that he came across.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- Emily, who was standing in the doorway, ogling him unseen, came forward.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- I am sure that she will have nothing to show for her ogling and her sighs!
- Extract from : « The Bath Keepers, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VIII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
- It shot down the groove, wobbled a while, ceased, ogling them: six.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- See him, while he stammers on the stage, ogling like a carp, with his frog's eyes!
- Extract from : « Cyrano de Bergerac » by Edmond Rostand
- Must take her front and rear, walk round her, ogling bravely.
- Extract from : « The Shoes of Fortune » by Neil Munro
- I don't want to catch you ogling blonde beauties, or any other kind.
- Extract from : « Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses » by Dwight V. Swain
Antonyms for ogling
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