stink eye
See also: stinkeye and stink-eye
English
Alternative forms
- stink-eye, stinkeye
Noun
stink eye (plural stink eyes)
- (idiomatic) An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).
- 2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35:
- 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.
- 2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24:
- "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.
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Synonyms
- dirty look
- evil eye
- shit eye (vulgar)
- stank eye