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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 strabismusplay

2. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envyplay

  Familiarity information: SQUINT-EYED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SQUINT-EYED (adjective)


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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