looking away
Eyes turned elsewhere
Looking away is directing one's gaze elsewhere, typically to avoid eye contact or escape an uncomfortable sight.
The phrase often signals emotional avoidance—shame, guilt, or unwillingness to confront something: She kept looking away whenever I mentioned the accident.
It can also indicate distraction or disinterest: He was looking away the whole time I was talking.
- avertingPreventing by action
- eye contactDirect visual connection
- glancingLooking briefly or obliquely
- side eyeDisapproving sideways glance
- distractedUnable to concentrate
avoiding · sideways · peripheral · evasive · shifty · cold shoulder · distant · glazed over · unfocused · wandering · drifting · staring into space · lost in thought · turning · ignoring · brushing off · distraction · shy
- brush-offsbrush off, brush-off, cold shoulder, ignore, snub
- eye signalseye contact, gaze, staring, blinking, winking
- Willful Ignoranceturning a blind eye, head in sand, blinders, selective attention
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, nodding
- awkward body languagelimp handshake, forced smile, tight smile, nervous laugh
- listeningactive listening, attentive, listening skills, listening comprehension, focused attention
looking awaylooking at
Fixing gaze upon
staring · eyeing · watching · locked eyes · facing
looking awaystaring
Gazing without break
gazing · fixating · observing · scrutinizing · studying
looking awaystaring down
Intimidating through eye contact
locking eyes · confronting · engaging · glaring · facing
look, away, looks, looked, looker, lookers, looking, overlook, overlooks