squint-eyed

American  

[skwint-ahyd] / ˈskwɪntˌaɪd /

adjective

1. affected with or characterized by strabismus.

2. looking obliquely or askance.

3. manifesting a malicious, envious, or spiteful attitude or disposition.

   squint-eyed with vengefulness and blind to reason.

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squint-eyed British  

adjective

1. having a squint

2. looking sidelong

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Etymology

Origin of squint-eyed

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

He couldn’t see who they were, and his face had the squint-eyed look it always had when he took aim with a marble.

From Literature

One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future.

From Literature

Merry himself slew the leader, a great squint-eyed brute like a huge orc.

From Literature

With all his outside-the-box creative ventures, detractors see Franco with a permanent, squint-eyed wink, as if this were all some kind of bizarre performance art.

From Salon

Jem, sitting beside him, was squint-eyed, miasmal, and mute, as he always was in the morning.

From Literature