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SQUINT-EYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squint-eyed mean?
• SQUINT-EYED (adjective)
The adjective SQUINT-EYED has 2 senses:
1. affected by strabismus
2. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Familiarity information: SQUINT-EYED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affected by strabismus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
squint (abnormal alignment of one or both eyes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Synonyms:
askance; askant; asquint; sidelong; squint; squint-eyed; squinty
Context example:
sidelong glances
Similar:
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
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