You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZstink 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 SchenckAnd 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
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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