Gazing

//ˈɡeɪzɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which somebody gazes.

    "There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gaze form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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agapeaghastagogamazedastoundedawestruck

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"The girl was gazing at the doll."

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