English

Alternative forms

• stink-eye, stinkeye

Noun

stink eye

1. (idiomatic) An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).
   • 2008, Michael Harmon, The Last Exit to Normal, page 35:

     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.

   • 2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24:

     "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.

Synonyms

• dirty look
• evil eye
• **** eye (vulgar)
• stank eye