looked
/lʊkt/
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British/lɵkt/
looked is the simple past and past participle of look.
Meaning of look
Verb
look (third-person singular simple present looks, present participle looking, simple past and past participle looked)
- As an intransitive verb, often with “at”.
- They kept looking at me.
- As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- Look what you did to him!
- To appear, to seem.
- It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like rain [is coming].
- To give an appearance of being.
- What a fright you looked in that hideous outfit.
- To search for, to try to find.
- To face or present a view.
- The hotel looks over the valleys of the Hindu Kush.
Adjective
looked (not comparable)
- Having the specified look or appearance.
- Never trust me if I had not a suspicion from the first that 'twas that ill-looked fellow B— who made that story Mr. D— told you.1888, Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-1654
Words formed from looked
Phrases with looked
- looked at
- looked in
- looked it
- looked on
- looked to
- looked up
- looked for
- looked off
- looked out
- looked shy
- looked away
- looked back
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- looked down
- looked into
- looked like
- looked over
- looked past
- looked upon
- looked after
- looked ahead
- looked alike
- looked alive
- looked in on
- looked on as
- looked round
- looked up to
- looked around
- looked beyond
- looked lively
- looked snappy
- looked daggers
- looked down on
- looked through
- looked a fright
- looked ahead to
- looked the part
- looked down upon
- looked one's age
- looked forward to
- looked one's best
- looked for trouble
- looked in the face
- looked under rocks
- looked up and down
- looked right through
- looked the other way
- looked for number one
- looked down one's nose
- looked out for someone
- looked before one leapt
- looked on the dark side
- looked before one leaped
- looked for a dog to kick
- looked on the black side
- looked on the bright side
- looked on the gloomy side
- looked out for number one
- looked over one's shoulder
- looked on the positive side
- looked like a bomb had hit it
- looked on the dark side of it
- looked like who did it and ran
- looked at oneself in the mirror
- looked like one swallowed a bug
- looked on the bright side of it
- looked like who did it and ran away
- looked like something the cat brought in
- looked like something the cat dragged in
- looked like something the cat's dragged in
- looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards
Words that rhyme with looked
Questions about looked
- What does looked mean?
- Looked means having the specified look or appearance.
- What is looked the simple past and past participle of?
- Looked is the simple past and past participle of look.
- What part of speech is looked?
- Looked is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce looked?
- Looked is pronounced /lʊkt/.
Words near looked in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked (page history and authors); look (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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