ogling

verb

present participle of ogle
as in staring
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 ogling Fueled up after a good breakfast, there’s nothing more NorCal than wandering around a farmers market and ogling the seasonal produce. — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 In a viral clip on X from a fan account for Criss, 39, the Glee alum can be seen ogling Peters on the red carpet of the 79th annual Tony Awards on June 7. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 The antics each week involved lovable Gilligan ruining a plan to get the gang rescued, but also ogling the bombshell Ginger (Tina Louise) and getting annoyed by Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus). — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026 Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026 When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it. — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026 The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogling
  1. staring
  2. eyeing
  3. gazing
  4. gawking
Verb
  • Finkelstein is also part of another program that will attempt to re-create Hubble and JWST’s famous deep-field images, which revealed millions of previously unseen galaxies by staring at seemingly empty patches of sky.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When producer Robert Stigwood initially approached him about staring in the Sgt.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of staring
Verb
  • Investors are also eyeing a meeting of G20 finance ministers, central bank governors and others in Asheville, North Carolina.
    — Sean Conlon,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The distributor’s event film Legend of the White Dragon is eyeing $529k from limited screenings at 596 theaters.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of eyeing
Verb
  • For example, some sculptures establish sight lines while gazing toward other sculptures—a bronze representation of the messenger god Mercury in the Carter Collection room stares beyond its space to the Bateman Mercury, ca.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In photos shared by The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust on Instagram, Parton is seen gazing down at Emma as a newborn while holding her in the hospital, as her parents happily watch on.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of gazing
Verb
  • On most days the Jewel House in the Tower of London is packed with tourists gawking at the fabled British Crown Jewels.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of gawking

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“Ogling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogling. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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