squint-eyed
Americanadjective
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affected with or characterized by strabismus.
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looking obliquely or askance.
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manifesting a malicious, envious, or spiteful attitude or disposition.
squint-eyed with vengefulness and blind to reason.
adjective
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having a squint
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looking sidelong
Etymology
Origin of squint-eyed
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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In another sense, by speaking up for a judicial branch that has absorbed one body blow after another in recent months, in stoic squint-eyed black-robed fashion, she did nothing but level the playing field.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2016
We look at them looking, and we look at the fruit, too, as if the squint-eyed girl, Laval and ourselves might each find the answer to some mystery there.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2010
A late-fiftysomething, squint-eyed behind owlish spectacles, managerially dressed—Schmidt’s dour appearance concealed a machinelike analyticity.
From Newsweek
Red-headed, squint-eyed, friendly, Templeton is celebrated particularly for his success with weight throwers.
From Time Magazine Archive
His thoughts went back to the Field of Cormallen, and here was a squint-eyed rascal calling the Ring-bearer ‘little cock-a-whoop’.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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