Quizzical Definition & Meaning
quizzical
- adjective
- playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
- perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression"
Words that rhyme with quizzical
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