quizzical | ||
1. | [ adjective ] playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | |
Synonyms: | teasing mocking | |
Examples: | "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell |
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Related terms: | playful | |
2. | [ adjective ] perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | |
Synonyms: | questioning | |
Examples: | "he had a quizzical expression" |
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Related terms: | perplexed | |
Similar spelling: |
quizzically |