stink eye

noun

informal : a look expressing annoyance, resentment, or disapproval

—usually used with the

—often used in the phrase give (someone) the stink-eye

As I bumbled my way through the ordering experience … I could feel the regulars giving me the stink eye [=giving me a dirty look].

—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