Other Words for "Look" + With meanings | List for writers
Many people create lists of synonyms for the word 'said,' but what about the word 'look'? Here are some synonyms that I enjoy using in my writing, along with their meanings for your reference. While all these words relate to 'look,' they each carry distinct meanings and nuances, so I thought it would be helpful to provide meanings for each one.
Gaze - To look steadily and intently, especially in admiration or thought.
Glance - A brief or hurried look.
Peek - A quick and typically secretive look.
Peer - To look with difficulty or concentration.
Scan - To look over quickly but thoroughly.
Observe - To watch carefully and attentively.
Inspect - To look at closely in order to assess condition or quality.
Stare - To look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something.
Glimpse - To see or perceive briefly or partially.
Eye - To look or stare at intently.
Peruse - To read or examine something with great care.
Scrutinize - To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
Behold - To see or observe a thing or person, especially a remarkable one.
Witness - To see something happen, typically a significant event.
Spot - To see, notice, or recognize someone or something.
Contemplate - To look thoughtfully for a long time at.
Sight - To suddenly or unexpectedly see something or someone.
Ogle - To stare at in a lecherous manner.
Leer - To look or gaze in an unpleasant, malicious way.
Gawk - To stare openly and stupidly.
Gape - To stare with one's mouth open wide, in amazement.
Squint - To look with eyes partially closed.
Regard - To consider or think of in a specified way.
Admire - To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval.
Skim - To look through quickly to gain superficial knowledge.
Reconnoiter - To make a military observation of a region.
Flick - To look or move the eyes quickly.
Rake - To look through something rapidly and unsystematically.
Glare - To look angrily or fiercely.
Peep - To look quickly and secretly through an opening.
Focus - To concentrate one's visual effort on.
Discover - To find or realize something not clear before.
Spot-check - To examine something briefly or at random.
Devour - To look over with eager enthusiasm.
Examine - To inspect in detail to determine condition.
Feast one's eyes - To look at something with great enjoyment.
Catch sight of - To suddenly or unexpectedly see.
Clap eyes on - To suddenly see someone or something.
Set eyes on - To look at, especially for the first time.
Take a dekko - Colloquial for taking a look.
Leer at - To look or gaze in a suggestive manner.
Rubberneck - To stare at something in a foolish way.
Make out - To manage to see or read with difficulty.
Lay eyes on - To see or look at.
Pore over - To look at or read something intently.
Ogle at - To look at in a lecherous or predatory way.
Pry - To look or inquire into something in a determined manner.
Dart - To look quickly or furtively.
Drink in - To look at with great enjoyment or fascination.
Bask in - To look at or enjoy something for a period of time.
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Flambert except it’s these two getting drunk and having the best sex of their lives and then Robert goes back to work like nothing.
You guys have to stop mischaracterizing my nonchalant king ✋🏾 his internal monologue is: Oh shit, I slept with that flaming asshole…fuck it whatever.
And on the outside he’s like: man, what another shitty day.
Meanwhile Flambae has to grapple with the fact that bitch boy Robert can put it down (either as a top or a bottom, Robert is NOT a pillow princess NOR a sub)
Once I finally get into characterizing Flambae in my writings, I’ll write fics like this. It soothes my soul.
Question: Who are you putting on your Hear Me Out Cake?
Invisigal: Roberts already a “would” so I’m choosing Vanderstank’s ex wife and current girlfriend. Hoping to steal their rich person swag.
Sonar: First of all, his ex wife and gf are not ‘hear me outs’; they have the best boobs money can buy. I’m putting Vanderstank himself. And Robert.
Punch-Up: I’m putting Robert. He seems like he’d be a good cuddler.
Coupé: I will also choose Robert Robertson the Third. He seems like what he lacks in alluring presence would be compensated for in terms of attentiveness and a deep rooted desire to please.
Prism: I’ll choose Roberto Robertoson but the mecha man outfit has to stay on.
Sonar: The robot?
Prism: Not the robot you dumbass, the spandex. The mask especially.
Golem: I have no genitalia, but I would let Robert lay on top of my rock body naked if he wanted.
Phenomeman: I have already made love to our Dispatcher. I would not be opposed to doing that again.
Entire Z Team: You WHAT!?
Flambae: I would never, ever, not in a million billion years ever have sex with Bob Bob. He is a bitch and I can do better, way better; and did I mention he is a bitch?
Flambae:
Flambae:
Flambae:
Flambae: But if I really had to, gun to my head, innocent civilian bitch lives were on the line and it was one of those Fuck-or-Die situations Coupé is always reading about, and literally nobody else is fucking available, I suppose it may be possible that I let Robert hit.
there's something so good about a character who hasn't had enough comfort and warmth in their life and now has weird complicated kinda sexual feelings about being treated with actual basic respect and dignity and they feel like an awful gross pervert for it. i like those wires getting crossed
Is it corny of me to imagine a Flambae/Robert scene where Flambae asks if Robert would like to find out what it feels like to have powers?
And Flambae stands behind Robert, pulling his back flush to his chest, and wrapping his hand around Robert's.
Flambae tells him to think of something that makes him feel heated. Something that lights a fire in his belly. Robert can't exactly think of anything that makes him angry on the spot, but he imagines being in the Mecha Man suit again, being a hero again, and about how fucking badly he wants that life back.
Flambae keeps one hand on Robert's stomach while he lifts the other. He tells Robert to hold his extended hand in a finger gun position, and whatever it is he's imagining, picture that it's real. Imagine he's almost got it in his hands.
So Rober closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He tries to recall the thrum and vibrations of the suit and how it copied his every moment. Flambae heats up the hand pressed against Robert's stomach just enough that he can almost feel the fire in his belly. Flambae's hand travels upward until it reaches his heart.
Robert hears a soft whisper in his hear, "You see it, don't you? Now... take it."
Robert feels the heat coming off of Flambae's skin, but it's as if his own heart is a fireball in his chest. He feels a surge of warmth racing down his arm as he pulls the trigger while picturing himself as Mecha Man once more, his hands dancing across the inner controls like a pianist.
Of course, with Flambae's hand wrapped around his own, he's not really shooting little balls of fire like a BB gun. But it's a fascinating sensation nonetheless.
"Feels good, doesn't it?" Flambae asks, voice soft and husky.
Robert swallows, feeling almost invincible with the burning fire in his chest. He opens his eyes and stares down the length of his arm at his hand wrapped in Flambae's own.
flambae, what fucking whitney houston song were you gonna sing??? "I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)"??? almost all her top songs are love songs bro you can't fool me. you CANNOT be this down bad for your dispatcher, it's UNSEEMLY!!
Bro is out here genuinely contemplating singing "I need someone who'll take a chance / On a love that burns hot enough to last" and making "fuck me" eyes at Robert Robertson. unbelievable. sorry flambae but you're NOT slick AT ALL!!!!
I keep thinking about the gym scene with Flambae and how he could have easily dipped out and let Robert heavily injured/killed from the weights, but he still steps in to give him a hand. He is a huge asshole about it, but his advice is still in a ways true.
That and the fact he was obviously showing Robert his bulge. That bitch was totally flirting.
GOD, THE GYM SCENE. There are SO many interesting things going on in this scene! And not just with Flambae and Robert, but also with the setting, and how Flambae and Robert (and their worldview) fit into it?? And what bearing that has on Flambae's perception of Robert's lack of powers?? (And what that means for his attraction to Robert, of course, hehehe)
Like, this safety/motivational poster is pretty par for a gym. You shouldn't lift without a spotter! But it's INSANE to me that it implies you ONLY need to do this if you don't have superpowers?
Are we meant to interpret this as evidence that supers naturally have greater strength and constitution than "normies"? That they recover more quickly from injuries? That they're just straight up harder to kill?
(As an aside, this does slightly recontextualize Flambae hitting Waterboy with his car for me. If he's obviously a super, and supers can just naturally take bigger hits, then MAYBE Flambae knew he would be fine...? Still not great, but we don't love him because he's perfect 😂)
Anyway, I believe Flambae also says Waterboy can bench more than Robert? (Couldn't find a screenshot of this, but it's when he calls him "Wetwipeboy"). So even though Waterboy looks like he has the upper body strength of a wet paper towel, he can bench more than Robert at upwards of 120 lbs. This corroborates the impression the motivational poster gives that supers are just naturally stronger than those without powers, even if their powers don't necessarily seem to have anything to do with strength.
Though in fairness, Robert is obviously reaching muscle failure at the end of a workout, and probably also recklessly pushing himself to muscle failure on a dangerous piece of equipment as some kind of form of masochistic flagellation to alleviate his diminished sense of self worth, or as a kind of punishment for his perceived failures. (Also, if he's trying to build his strength up he shouldn't be doing cardio right before lifting, so either he's willfully biting off more than he can chew or his knowledge of proper strength training techniques is actually surprisingly low for a career hero).
MORE ON WHAT ROBERT'S WORKOUT CHOICES SAY ABOUT HIM: the bench press is a technique intended to build upper body strength, to the exclusion of other body parts. And this is the workout he fails to complete because he takes on more than he can handle. A metaphor for Robert's hyper-independence, and how he can't do it alone?? Flambae, save him from himself...
FLAMBAE, BY CONTRAST: is doing squats, which develop core strength and stability. Given identical weights, they're easier than bench presses--but Flambae is also batting 280 lbs on those things, so he's flexing on Robert completely here lmao. But you know, for the allegedly volatile, tantrum-throwing, loose cannon "walking fireball" character, I would have expected him to be doing something... flashier? Like curls, or something?
Honestly, the choice of exercises for both of them in this scene feels INESCAPABLY deliberate. Like maybe we're meant to understand Flambae has a surprisingly strong emotional foundation? Unexpectedly robust coping strategies??? He DOES come to Robert's housewarming party prepared to move forward after only a day of stewing in his feelings of hatred, which feels pretty big of him for someone who claims to have been "waiting a long time" for a rematch when Robert first encounters him in Crypto Night!
And Flambae's weird, backhanded way of showing support is so interesting. It casts a veil of enmity over all the good things about him--makes us biased against Flambae WITH Robert based on his/our first impression, so we take his "Bitch, you can't be stuttering on your first day" and "The important thing is you suck" at face value alongside the rest of the Z-Team's hostility and bickering, instead of recognizing the moments were he abstains from outright hostility (he doesn't bully Waterboy with the rest of the team at the beginning of his first shift, and he doesn't sabotage anyone). Once we get to know him a little better, it becomes clearer than ever that, despite his rough-around-the-edges attitude, Flambae is trying, in his own way, to help. He likes to help! He's concerned about things like accomplishing tasks in a timely manner and, as most of us haven't shut up about since we first saw someone mention it, he is uniquely qualified to rescue a kid's lost balloon in the very first mission of Robert's first shift with the Z-Team. Man, if ANYONE actually believes in the Phoenix Program, it's Flambae.
SO. ALL THAT TO SAY.
THE GYM SCENE.
Flambae LIKES HELPING PEOPLE. People in distress INDUCE HIM TO PROTECT THEM. So he comes to Robert's aid, and emphasizes that Robert is weak, and he is strong. Like he is trying to draw attention to the fact that Robert needs help, and Flambae is the one who can and will be there to help him. He's trying to SHOW Robert he can rely on him, by performing the most homoerotic display of protection (helping him with the weight), concern (you need a spotter, we need you, I don't want you getting hurt), and strength (IMMEDIATELY starts squatting while facing him. not looking away. MAINTINING HEATED EYECONTACT) EVER.
Also, maintaining heated eye contact with Robert while he squats and talks about how strong he is is fucking INSANE??? Bro, is that a challenge (it can't be, he just told Robert NOT to hurt himself) or a come-on? Are you imagining bouncing on it RIGHT now??? Or are you trying to show off how strong your quads are, so Robert knows you can pound that flat ass all night??? Trying to see if he's staring at your bulge??? Whore???????
I'm obsessed. Like. Yes Flambae is an asshole. We have established this is an irreducible facet of his character. However. His abrasive attitude is NOT all there is to him, and given what we know about him, and how much he has license to begrudge Robert (throwing food in his face??? come on, now), he is being EXCEPTIONALLY KIND to Robert in this scene. And more than that, it seems to me that, in this scene, there is a strong argument to be made that Flambae is trying to communicate that he is concerned about Robert's safety, that he is strong enough to protect Robert, that Robert doesn't have to be strong to earn that protection, that he values Robert's contributions to the team, that he wants Robert to look at him, that he wants to touch him, and that he has been looking at Robert's ass.
And Robert is basically pulling Flamabe by being the most pathetic guy ever? Like, look AT him. Flambae LOVES saving people and taking care of people and proving "Fuck you, I can be gentle." I bet he dries his fucking potpourri flowers with his flames. Guys he didn't even burn down the Sardine in that huge fight, his control is INSANE. I KNOW he can be gentle. And he wants to be. He wants to be good for Robert. So, SO fucking bad he wants it.
Flambae sees Robert moaning and grunting under that bar and he's like god fucking damn it he's soooo fucking pathetic. I need to take care of him. 🥺
Like this is the gayest anyone has ever done it, folks. Adhoc Studio did NOT have to make this scene so charged, but they DID and they DID IT FOR US. Flambae x Robert truthers understand, this scene is gay as FUCK.
Flambae and Robert's shared history is so insane to me. They left their mark on each other. their bond of hatred was forged in a suicidal crucible. "The phoenix, tired of immortality, tricked the sun god into killing it. but instead of dying it rose from the ashes, reborn." Robert saving Flambae's life by maiming him and giving him the shock of a brush with death to reclaim (or discover for the first time?!?!) his sense of self preservation. Flambae, who "spent [his] whole life wanting to die", may have chosen to live out of sheer stubbornness, spite, and the promise of future revenge against Mecha Man. Hatred, too, can be a form of desperately needed human connection in a world of incredible loneliness.
Mecha Man being Flambae's reason to live is INSANE it is INSANE to me how badly he needs Robert. how badly they need EACH OTHER to heal from this and learn to live beyond their numbness, the way Blazer said the powers "make it hard to feel anything" and Robert emulated that very same awful, isolating separation from his fellow man with only an unaffectionate father and a legacy too formidable to bs borne. he was raised to be an Atlas, but the pressure to live up to his father's invention made him an Icarus, flying too close to the sun.
it's awful that Robert maimed Flambae, but at the same time, he may have done that because Flambae was determined to die, and Robert simply refused to be complicit in that. there may have been no other option to deescelate. and Flambae could even resent Mecha Man more for NOT KILLING HIM than maiming him.
god. they are so fucked up i need them at each other's THROATS!!!
Pillow Princess Robert Robertson but still a Power Bottom.
Okay so we all know Robert is probably actively on the verge of death 24/7 (His fuckass back CANNOT be stable from the chair. The floor would be healthier honestly)
So like imagine that whomever you want.
They wanna get freaky but Robert is like. Depressed and stuff. (Maybe even injured)
So whomever your imaging (Multiple people count too) gently take him to the bed, force him to lay down, and then tell him something like
"Tell me what you want"
And Robert just lays there as he orders whomever your imaging around as they eagerly follow.
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!?
DOES ANYONE GET THE VISION OF ROBERT "PILLOW PRINCESS YET STILL POWER BOTTOM" ROBERTSON
