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🛠️ To detach 😵 To unsettle 🧪 To remove fixative 👀 To look away
to unfix

to unfix

8.2
Stop looking at something you were watching
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈfɪks/
translation icon : apartar la mirada
  • He tried to unfix his gaze from the painting, but it was too captivating.

Examples

  • Once the speech ended, the audience could finally unfix their eyes from the stage.

  • It took her a moment to unfix her attention from the loud conversation nearby.

  • Please unfix your gaze from that spot.

  • He needs to unfix his eyes from the screen.

  • He tried to unfix his gaze from the painting, but it was too captivating.

  • It took her a moment to unfix her attention from the loud conversation nearby.

  • Once the speech ended, the audience could finally unfix their eyes from the stage.

Synonyms

to look away
vsto unfix
125 2.2

Turn your eyes away from a person or thing that makes you uncomfortable

stop focusing attention or gaze in a more general way than turning face
to take one's eyes off
vsto unfix
66 4.1

To stop looking at someone or something

stop focusing attention more generally rather than only ending a gaze
to tune out
vsto unfix
  • Informal
19 4.4

To stop listening or paying attention to what is happening

stop paying attention without implying deliberate ignoring or loss of interest
to shift focus
vsto unfix
14 3.8

Change what you pay attention to

stop paying attention entirely instead of moving it to another target
to take your eye off the ball
vsto unfix
  • Informal
7 6.5

Stop paying attention to what is important

stop focusing generally rather than failing in a specific critical situation
to keep one's eyes off
vsto unfix
1 5.9

Avoid looking at someone or something on purpose

stop focusing briefly or unintentionally rather than avoiding looking on purpose
to unfocus
vsto unfix
1 7.4

To make your eyes or attention less clear

stop paying attention or gaze completely rather than just blurring it
to defocus
vsto unfix
6.7

To move attention away from something so people think about it less

stop paying attention or gaze completely rather than merely reducing focus

Antonyms

focus
794 3.5

Close attention to one subject or activity

to concentrate
561 3.4

To give all your attention to one thing

How Focused

to fixate
46 7.0
to stare
∞ 1.0
to look
∞ 1.0
to unfix
8.2
to look away
125 2.2

Surface Forms

unfix infinitive
unfixed past
unfixed past participle
unfixing present participle
unfixes third person singular

Morphology

unfix = fix (transparent) = un + fix

The phrase 'fix one's gaze' is common; 'unfix' simply indicates removing that fixation, a literal negation by 'un-'.

Etymology

Unfix comes from un- ('reverse') and fix ('to look at steadily'), so to unfix your gaze is simply to stop staring and look away.