look away

Verb

Meaning

avert one's gaze

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

deter deflect turn away

Antonyms

observatory inquisition lech rivet enquirer inspectorate
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Hypernyms

look

Examples

She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle Source: Internet

After much sex, teen urges and a full strip scene in the canteen we all feel inferior and even Mum covers her eyes and tells the boys to look away. Source: Internet

Adults look away, avoiding one another’s eyes and the spectacle of the still-smoldering structure. Source: Internet

A way to notice and not look away. Source: Internet

Even during its low points, “Cats” is so different from anything else that exists that — I can’t stress this enough — you will not be able to look away. Source: Internet

His placid face, now reddened and twisted by anger, had contorted to a point where I felt I should look away. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

look at relationships in a new way look at sunny side look at you look away from look back look back over