Squint-eyed (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Affected by strabismus.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The young girl had to wear glasses to correct her squint-eyed condition and align her vision properly.
- After a successful surgery, the squint-eyed boy was able to look directly at objects without any difficulty.
- Her parents took her to an ophthalmologist to treat the squint-eyed issue she had been experiencing since birth.
- The artist's attention to detail captured the squint-eyed look of the elderly woman in the painting.
- Growing up with a squint-eyed condition made basic tasks a little more challenging for John, but he never let it hold him back.
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Meaning 2
(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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The artist's depiction of the rival showed a squint-eyed stranger with a mix of disdain and curiosity.
- When her friend started dating the rich and handsome man, she couldn't help but shoot him squint-eyed glances filled with a tinge of jealousy.
- The detective studied the suspect with squint-eyed intensity as he listened to the inconsistencies in his alibi.
- Her squint-eyed gaze caught the cheating husband off guard and left him uneasy about his infidelity being discovered.
- The teacher shot the student a squint-eyed look as if suspecting she was not telling the whole truth about the unexplained absence.