stink eye

noun

stink eye

noun

1

Idiomatic An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).

Near-synonym: side-eye
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.2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35:

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"Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24:

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