SOUGHT (OUT) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

sought (out)

verb

Definition of sought (out)

past tense of seek (out)

as in looked up

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as in looked

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Verb

Growing up on a farm in Callicoon, New York, Keen looked up to his dad’s impressive career, but was more intrigued by his mom’s job at first.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
This week's total solar eclipse captured the world's attention, and millions of skywatchers looked up (with the correct protective eyewear, hopefully) to experience the moon blocking out our star's light.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of looked up

Verb

Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Victor Munoz, the winger, looked set to sign from Osasuna in June, only for Liverpool to gazump Newcastle at the last moment.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of looked

Verb

The Virginia case has reached discovery, allowing the challengers to seek documents and information about how the program was developed.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Such agreements are typically reached after psychologists conclude that severe mental disease or defect caused a defendant not to comprehend that his or her conduct was wrong.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of reached

Verb

Next came an exhibition around a creepy Howdy Doody-ish figure that met countless violent fates while being cast about mechanistically on chains in 2016.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Meriwether’s video comes after comments from the show’s cast about a reunion.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cast about

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This time they're being hunted simultaneously by government forces led by Chiwetel Ejiofor's Rex Strickland and a monstrous Xenophage sent by symbiote god Knull, voiced/performed by Andy Serkis.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The menu is just about everything that can be grown or hunted on property, considering Vermejo's remoteness.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of hunted

Verb

The lawsuit by a Los Angeles studio claims Michael Shvartsman demanded early repayment, threatened its CEO and grabbed a bigger slice of profits after the film’s Mar-a-Lago premiere.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The man grabbed his iguana (which survived the flight) and left.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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