Asquint

//əˈskwɪnt//

Synonyms for "asquint" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

agee aside askew awry

Adjective(2 words)

askance askant

Strong matches (9)

blinking broadside catawampous cockeyed crooked edgewise farsighted longsighted nearsighted

Related words (14)

on the beam on the other hand right and left shortsighted sidelong sideways skew skewed squinting wry

Adjective(4 words)

sidelong squint squint-eyed squinty

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5 relation types

Synonyms

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sidelong

derived

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squint

derived from

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squint

related to

3 entries

eyes narrowed sideways

similar

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indirect

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Love, being jealous, makes a good eye look asquint.

Source: tatoeba (326274)

Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.

Source: wiktionary

Faces never lie, it is said. […] When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint.

Source: wiktionary

[B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]

Source: wiktionary

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