[syn: questioning, quizzical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quizzical
adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore
a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
Durrell [syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]
2: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do
not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn:
questioning, quizzical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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