stink eye

American  

[stingk ahy] / ˈstɪŋk ˌaɪ /

stinkeye,

noun

Informal.

1. a disapproving, contemptuous, or critical glance (often used withthe ).

   Even today, I get the stink eye from Gran if I leave food on my plate.

   They let their dogs jump in the river right where I'm fishing, and then give me the stink eye when I complain.

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Etymology

Origin of stink eye

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

“I see colleagues getting the stink eye for having to take a day off because of their child,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

His boss Grow “always gives you kind of the stink eye when you wear Patagonia,” Dumas says.

From Los Angeles Times

Mrs. Zamick is still giving me the stink eye every morning in homeroom.

From Literature

Lottie is definitely up to something, feeding Nat lies and then giving her a comic book villain's stink eye as she walks away.

From Salon

There will be no new journals from Rice, in which she surely would have sounded off about this, but feeling as though I've come to know this woman via her archives, I can all but see her stink eye from beyond.

From Salon