Look
Look verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Usage example: the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown
Raise
Raise verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Usage example: too afraid to raise an objection
How words are described
| good | good look | good raise |
| better | better look | better raise |
| normal | normal look | normal raise |
| big | big look | big raise |
| Other adjectives: quick. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Mutants are the most infamous for doing this because of their total lack of an "aiming" state (in other words, they'll immediately skip to shooting instead of having to raise and look down the sights of their weapon).
Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein 3D - Now, how would these same scenarios look if the justifications were Hand Waves that raise more questions and require you to turn your brain off?
Source: Justified Trope -
She wears armor and carries a 100lb titanium maul, partially to raise her game but mostly because without it she doesn't look threatening at all.
Source: Literature / Wearing the Cape
Cite this Source
Raise and Look. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/raise
Look & Raise. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/raise>.
Raise or Look. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/raise.
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