Synonyms for look away
look away

Princeton's WordNet

1. look awayverb

   avert one's gaze

   "She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle"

Matched Categories

1. • Look

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tear my eyes away

   tear my eyes away means to stop focusing or looking at a specific object. look away is a simpler way of saying 'tear my eyes away', but it is a synonym for the often used term.

   i tear my eyes away from the beautiful horse. i look away from the beautiful horse.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

How to pronounce look away?

How to say look away in sign language?

How to use look away in a sentence?

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   People tend to get nervous when you stare at them. They are racked with enough insecurities as it is. They always look away, glance back quickly and look away again. Some part of them melts and as they attempt to gather themselves, their flesh forms puddles at their feet.

2. Michael Schulte:

   Terrific action by the kids, they dont look away, but act. Many adults could learn from the childrens example.

3. Tim Ryan:

   The fentanyl crisis is killing our kids and devastating our communities, there is not a corner of Ohio that has not been affected by this epidemic in some way. We cannot look away as this crisis worsens. It’s time we take a whole-of-government approach to fight it. That means using every resource we have at our disposal to get this off the streets and out of our neighborhoods.

4. Josh Hawley:

   Big tech has embraced a business model of addiction. Too much of the' innovation' in this space is designed not to create better products, but to capture more attention by using psychological tricks that make it difficult to look away, this legislation will put an end to that and encourage true innovation by tech companies.

5. John Koenig:

   We sketch monsters on the map because we find their presence comforting. They guard the edges of the abyss, and force us to look away; so we can live comfortably in the Known World, at least for a little while.