look away
Divert your gaze
To look away is to turn your gaze from something you were watching or should be watching.
The phrase often implies avoidance—of something disturbing, shameful, or uncomfortable: She couldn't look away from the accident.
To look away can also suggest willful ignorance: The authorities looked away while corruption flourished.
Rotational movement
- shiftMovement or work period
- divertCause to change course
- redirectSend in new direction
- cast downDejected or thrown below
blink · flinch · recoil · wince · shrink · withdraw · squint
Refuse to notice
- neglectFailure to provide care
- dismissSend away or reject
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- skipTo deliberately exclude
omit · tune out · brush off · pay no mind · let slide · shrug off · wave off · pass over
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
- shunDeliberately keep away
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- spurnRefuse with contempt
rebuff · cut · slight · turn one's back · give cold shoulder · blank · ice out · freeze out
turn
Rotational movement
cast down · blink · flinch · recoil · wince · shrink · withdraw · squint
ignore
Refuse to notice
skip · omit · tune out · brush off · pay no mind · let slide · shrug off · wave off · pass over · gloss over
snub
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
- shunDeliberately keep away
- ostracizeExclude from a group
spurn · rebuff · cut · slight · turn one's back · give cold shoulder · blank · ice out · freeze out · disdain
- photo directionssmile, pose, chin up, hold it, freeze
- turn a blind eyeignore, disregard, willful blindness, feign ignorance, play dumb
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- Back Offback off, hands off, butt out, step back, stay out
- playing dumbfeign ignorance, blank stare, vacant stare, willful ignorance, selective memory
- sneeze etiquettebless you, gesundheit, excuse me, salud, face covering
look awaypay attention
Concentrate on something
concentrate on · stare · gaze · focus · fixate
look awayface
Head's anterior surface
confront · bear witness · look in the eye · face up to · stare down
look, away, looks, looking, outlook, looked, overlook, looker, lookers