stink eye

noun

informal : a look expressing annoyance, resentment, or disapproval

—usually used with the

As I bumbled my way through the ordering experience in Boston, I could feel the regulars giving me the stink eye [=giving me a dirty look]. "Who is this clueless fool?" I imagined them thinking to themselves, as I accidentally cut off the woman ahead of me.

—Tim Schenck

And when a new intruder comes … into my cove, … I do what any good bass fisherman would do. I give him the stink eye.

—David Lansing

Examples of stink eye in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This moment may be the turning point that kicks off a massive crew meltdown because, in addition to Kyle being unhappy to see Natalya, Jessika is probably going to give her the stink eye at some point since Natalya is moving in on her man. —Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stink eye

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny