side-eye

noun

ˈsīd-ˌī

variants or less commonly side eye

: a sidelong glance or gaze especially when expressing scorn, suspicion, disapproval, or veiled curiosity

The guy who stole your heart as the class clown can seem like just a clown out of his original context, like when people are giving him side-eye for cracking lame jokes in the hostess line.—

Lauren Panariello

—often used with the

… the singular focus on results washes away concerns about getting the side-eye from a colleague judging you for not being in your cubicle …—

The Chicago Tribune

side-eye verb, transitive + intransitive

She wears clothes that would have Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope side-eyeing in envy. —

Kevin Fallon

Examples of side-eye in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even still, many of us side-eye sweat because of the stink. —

Sarah Everts, TIME, 16 July 2024 So was that side-eye or wait and see? 816-562-6832 Lisa Gutierrez has been a reporter for The Kansas City Star since 2000. —

Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024 But that is the power of Buteau’s ebullient charisma, which telegraphs to audiences that her preternatural comic rhythm and dolled-up, side-eye style of delivery are in service of being a warmhearted bestie. —

Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 27 May 2024 There’s wry humor in the way Trump chooses to ignore the lawyer’s hedonistic excesses, along with the side-eye of Roy’s unofficial boyfriend Russell (Ben Sullivan). —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for side-eye

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