ogled

verb

past tense of ogle
as in stared
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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Recent Examples of ogled For the physical exam, this meant standing around nearly nude to be ogled by their peers. — Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026 Because every bottle of whiskey available at Jack Rose can be ordered, and is priced to be sampled, rather than ogled, the whiskey list at Jack Rose is ever changing. — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Travellers flying in or out of the hub ogled the spectacle, a display of sudden corporate collapse. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games. — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026 Princess Diana, Oprah, and Gwyneth Paltrow have all ogled the traditional Indian craftsmanship blended with contemporary design. — Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogled
  1. stared
  2. eyed
  3. gawked
  4. gazed
  5. peered
Verb
  • At eleven-thirty, Molina sat down at his kitchen table and, like López’s father, stared outside while listening.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Standing barefoot outside his home at 8th Street and Balboa Boulevard, holding a cup of coffee, Ross Stewart, 79, stared at the gray sky and at the berms.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of stared
Verb
  • The book was at one point set up for feature development at Universal and in the late 2010s was being eyed as a series.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The financing plan is multi-layered, and other revenue sources eyed for covering the city’s portion include redirecting revenue generated by the future stadium itself.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of eyed
Verb
  • People in surrounding cars gawked, waved and, in one instance, rolled down their windows to shout something that went unheard, as Bonelli explained that the van had internal cameras that were always on but not always being watched.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On Thursday, the nuisance from the wings was the one being gawked at by a cast young enough to be his kids — a detail Wilson clocked from backstage.
    — Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of gawked
Verb
  • Above, the abstract faces of a mural created by Swedish artist Emelie Törling gazed down upon the patrons.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
  • While his teammates and coaches gazed in awe at his numbers postgame, Lloyd put a little damper on them himself.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of gazed
Verb
  • Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of peered

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“Ogled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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