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Meaning of SQUINT-EYED

Pronunciation:  'skwint`Id

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (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"
  2. [adj]  affected by strabismus
 
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 Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, indirect, sidelong, squint, squinty
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Squint"-eyed`\, a.
1. Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not
   coincident; cross-eyed.
2. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed
   praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
 

 

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