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-looking

-looking

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Having the look shown by the word before it, for example sad-looking
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : -parecer
  • What a strange-looking machine.
  • older-looking man
  • very old-looking

Examples

  • That's a strange-looking toy.

    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

  • Jennifer gets a very old-looking book out of her bag.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I just want healthy, nice looking alive skin.

  • Why are university girls so strange-looking?

    An Education (2009)

  • A couple of days ago, this old boy comes riding into town on a strange-looking bike.

    Missionary Man (2007)

  • There's a strange-looking clock over the top of it.

    The Stupids (1996)

  • My personal favorite is something cute-looking, maybe even lovable.

    Blog text (11)

  • Short, fat, old-looking, with coarse features.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • In the center is a slightly older-looking man who appears exhausted and exasperated.

    Blog text (21)

  • The cake was beautifully looking, decorated with fresh flowers and intricate designs.

Surface Forms

-looking positive

Morphology

-looking = look (transparent) = look + ing

This is a straightforward participial adjective built from 'look' + '-ing', and the appearance meaning is easily recoverable for learners.

Etymology

-Looking comes from the verb look, which means 'to see' or 'appear'. Put it after a word, as in good-looking or suspicious-looking, to say 'appearing' that way, so -looking shows how someone or something seems by its appearance.