Quizzical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quizzical \Quiz"zic*al\ (kw[i^]z"z[i^]*kal), a.
     Relating to quizzing; given to quizzing; of the nature of a
     quiz; farcical; sportive.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Quiz"zic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quizzical
       adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
              somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
              Durrell [syn: {mocking}, {teasing}]
       2: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you
          do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn: {questioning}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "quizzical":
     absurd, agape, agog, all agog, amusing, bantering, bizarre, booing,
     burning with curiosity, catcalling, catechistic, chaffing,
     consumed with curiosity, curious, derisive, derisory, disbelieving,
     droll, eccentric, fleering, flippant, fooling, funny, ghoulish,
     gossipy, grinning, hilarious, hissing, hooting, humorous,
     incongruous, inquiring, inquisitional, inquisitive, inquisitorial,
     interested, interrogational, interrogative, interrogatory, itchy,
     jeering, jollying, joshing, kidding, laughable, leering, ludicrous,
     mocking, morbid, morbidly curious, odd, open-eyed, openmouthed,
     overcurious, panning, priceless, probing, prurient, puzzled,
     quaint, queer, querying, questioning, quizzing, ragging, railing,
     rallying, razzing, rich, ridiculing, ridiculous, risible, roasting,
     scoffing, scopophiliac, screaming, searching, skeptical, smart,
     smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering,
     sniggering, snorting, supercurious, taunting, teasing, twitting,
     unbelieving, voyeuristic, whimsical, witty