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[ noun ] someone who looks on
Synonyms Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)They are in themselves neutral , and , so_far_as they get a moral quality , they get it only through being invested with it by the attitude of the onlooker . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Sometimes he would grunt softly to some invisible onlooker beside him , sometimes he would look stern and moralistic as his pencil did what he disapproved . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)There was , furthermore , the crowd of curious onlookers gathered in the street and a couple more cops to hold them at a decent distance . Related terms |
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