looking-glass

Syllables: look·ing glassUK/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/US/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlæs/

looking-glass noun: synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).

Noun

looking-glass (plural looking-glasses)

(dated) Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).
- A Divine Looking-Glaſs: Or, The third and laſt Teſtament of our Lord, JESUS CHRIST, […] [title]1661, John Reeve; Lodowick Muggleton [i.e., Lodowicke Muggleton], A Divine Looking-glass: Or, The Third and Last Testament of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, […], [London]: Printed […] and reprinted for...
- Even ſo the account of your Looking-glaſs puts us in hopes of ſome mighty Diſcoveries to be made by the Help of it, and at the ſame time, ſeems to carry its own Contradiction along with it; for a Pocket Looking-glaſs, is, doubtleſs, a moſt prepoſterous Help for taking a Clear View of a Great...1711, [John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough], A Pair of Spectacles for Oliver’s Looking-glass Maker, London: Printed, and sold by J. Baker, […], →OCLC, page 4
Synonyms:

mirror
A way into a bizarre world.
- It has been quite a week in politics. […] I know that some Republicans feel as if they've fallen through the looking glass.2016 July 29, Paul Krugman, “Who loves America?”, in The New York Times
Synonyms:

rabbit hole

മുഖക്കണ്ണാടി, നിലക്കണ്ണാടി, ദർപ്പണം

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign”, in Vanity Fair...
By Saturday, the 12th September, everything was topsy-turvy in the Rostow's house; doors were set open, furniture packed or moved from its place, looking-glasses and pictures taken down, […]1886, Léon Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], chapter XIII, in Clara Bell, transl., War and Peace: A Historical Novel: […]: Borodino, the French...

plural	looking-glasses
alternative form	looking glass

* (way into a bizarre world): From the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.

What does looking-glass mean?: Looking-glass means synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).
What is looking-glass in Telugu?: Looking-glass in Telugu is ఆదర్శము (ādarśamu). See Looking-glass meaning in Telugu.
How do you use looking-glass in a sentence?: The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
What part of speech is looking-glass?: Looking-glass is a noun.
How do you pronounce looking-glass?: Looking-glass is pronounced /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of looking-glass?: The plural of looking-glass is looking-glasses.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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