averted
/əˈvɝtɪd/ adjective C1- Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
- Turned or directed away (from something).
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He does not say so, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes.
His arm was round her, but it seemed to me that she was straining away from him with her face averted.
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