gaze

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
2. (poetic, transitive) To stare at.

Noun

1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
2. (archaic) The object gazed on.
3. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

Synonyms

stare

look

glance

regard

look at

goggle

watch

⌚

view

gape

see

👀

observe

behold

glare

examine

stare at

contemplate

gawp

eye

👁️

vision

peer

sight

scrutiny

gawk

eyes

👀

scrutinize

contemplation

fixation

ogle

have a look

looking

looking at

look out

look up

notice

gloat

gaup

pay attention to

glimpse

perspective

gaze at

scowl

screw

aspect

foresight

fixed

fixate

fix

take a look

face

eyesight

Translations

staren

fissare

mirada

turen

starren

regarder

guardare

contemplar

aanstaren

ansehen

stieren

ατενίζω

glotzen

bestaunen

regard

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡeɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gasen

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).