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Squint

/skwɪnt/

An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.

📖 Definitions of "Squint"

noun

1
An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
2
The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
"He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint."
3
A quick or sideways glance.
4
A short look.

verb

1
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
"The children squinted to frighten each other."
2
To look or glance sideways.
3
To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
4
To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

adjective

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
askanceverb	(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
squinchnoun	(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
indirectnoun	Not direct:
sidelong	Directed to the side; sideways.
askantverb	(now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance.
strabismusnoun	A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
asquint	With narrowed eyes.
squint-eyed	cross-eyed; having eyes that squint.
squinty	Afflicted with a squint.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
asquint	With narrowed eyes.
squint-eyed	cross-eyed; having eyes that squint.
askanceverb	(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
strabismusnoun	A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
askantverb	(now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance.
sidelong	Directed to the side; sideways.
indirectnoun	Not direct:
squinchnoun	(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
eyed	Having eyes.
loxophthalmus	—
skewnoun	Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
gloarverb	(obsolete, UK, intransitive) To glare or stare.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
side-eyenoun	A sidelong look, particularly of animosity, judgment, or suspicion.
blinknoun	The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
winknoun	An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
glancenoun	(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
throw an eyeverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To glance; peep.
smizeverb	(slang) To smile with one's eyes.
glarenoun	An angry or fierce stare.