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squint

• (s) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  • "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
  • sidelong glances
  askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint-eyed, squinty,

Nouns

• (n) abnormal alignment of one or both eyes strabismus,
• (n) the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed

Verbs

• (v) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
  • The children squinted so as to scare each other
  squinch,
• (v) be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
• (v) partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
  • The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield

Synonyms

askance askant asquint sidelong squint-eyed squinty squinch strabismus

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