Definitions for quizzical

quizzical quiz·zi·cal

Spelling: [kwiz-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈkwɪz ɪ kəl/

Quizzical is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 41 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in quizzical (aciilquzz).

Definitions for quizzical

adjective

  1. odd, queer, or comical.
  2. questioning or puzzled:
  3. derisively questioning, ridiculing, or chaffing.

Origin of quizzical

First recorded in 1790-1800; quiz + -ical

Examples for quizzical

He turned to cast a quizzical glance at the back of the resentful lover.

Rathburn looked through the front windows with a quizzical smile on his lips.

Then he turned to me with a bantering, quizzical light in his eyes.

Charles raised a quizzical eyebrow and it fell to his son to tell him, "Pa, you should be pleased!"

All of these tricks forced a furrowing of the brow, a quizzical expression, and the use of a little brain power to digest it all.

Or perhaps name it after Pooh himself, with his quizzical faith in human (animal) nature?

And now, once again, there was a hint of the quizzical creeping in the smile.

Now, he stared at Burke with a quizzical grin crooking his lips.

"I was so anxious about you," she replied, with feeling, and then broke into a quizzical laugh.

She gave me a quizzical look,” recounts the president, “her slate-grey eyes widening as she tilted her head gently forward.

Word Value for quizzical
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Words with friends

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