stink eye

noun

An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).

“Near-synonym: side-eye”

Meanings

nounstink eye (plural stink eyes)

plural stink eyes

  1. idiomaticAn unpleasant look (as in a gaze).

    Near-synonym: side-eye

    2 more examples

    Miss Mae gave me the stink eye, just on general principle, when I came into the kitchen. She was so good at the stink eye that even if you hadn't done something wrong, you felt like you did.

    2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35

    "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.

    2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24

    Synonyms: stank eye, dirty look, evil eye, bad eye, black look, death glare, death stare, fisheye

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 白眼
  • 白眼 (baak⁶ ngaan⁵)Translations
Czech vraždění pohledem
  • vraždění pohledemTranslations
German böse Blick
  • böse BlickTranslations
Italian occhiataccia
  • occhiatacciaTranslations
Spanish mirada reprochante
  • mirada reprochanteTranslations
Turkish balıkgözü
  • balıkgözüTranslations
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