Squint

//skwɪnt//

Synonyms for "squint" (55 found)

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Translations

139 translations across 37 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • στραβίζω verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կկոցել verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qıymaq verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • qıymaq verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бегъл поглед noun (short look)
  • кривогледство noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • гледам изкосо verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • кривоглед съм verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 斜視 /斜视 noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • 乜斜 verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • 斜視 /斜视 verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Czech

3 entries
  • mhouřit verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • mžourat verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • šilhat verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gluren noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • scheelkijken noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • loensen verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • scheelkijken verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • strabi verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Finnish

4 entries
  • karsastus noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • silmät sirrissä noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • vilkaisu noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • vilkaisu noun (short look)

French

4 entries
  • coup d'oeil noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • coup d'oeil noun (short look)
  • plissement des yeux noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • strabisme noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)

German

4 entries
  • Schielen noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • Schielen noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • Strabismus noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • blinzeln verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Greek

1 entries
  • αλληθωρίζω verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • פָּזַל verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • פָּזַל verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bandzsítás noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • hunyorgás noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • hunyorítás noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • kancsalság noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)

Irish

2 entries
  • fiarshúil noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • fiarshúil a bheith ionat verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Italian

2 entries
  • socchiudere gli occhi verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • strabicare verb (to look or glance sideways)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 一瞥 noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • 斜視 noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • 藪睨み noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • 目を細めて見る verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കോങ്കണ്ണ് noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)

Māori

4 entries
  • karapa verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • keko verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • keo verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • kārepa verb (to look or glance sideways)

Norman

4 entries
  • r'garder gare verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • vaie d'travèrs verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • vaie d'travèrs verb (to look or glance sideways)
  • vaie d'travèrs verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • glire verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • myse verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • plire verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • skotte verb (to look or glance sideways)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • glire verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • myse verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • plire verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Occitan

2 entries
  • ulhada noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • ulhada noun (short look)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċīelan verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شاشیلق noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • شاشیلامق verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Polish

4 entries
  • mrużenie noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • zez noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • zmrużenie noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • mrużyć oczy verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • estrabismo noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • olhar de soslaio noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • vesguice noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • olhar de soslaio verb (to look or glance sideways)

Romanian

1 entries
  • chiorî verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Russian

4 entries
  • косо́й взгля́д noun (quick or sideways glance)
  • косогла́зие noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • при́щур noun (expression in which the eyes are partly closed)
  • жму́риться verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • claon verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)
  • fiar verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)
  • spleuchd verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • škíljiti verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • žmȉrkati verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • жми̏ркати verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • шки́љити verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estrabismo noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
  • bizquear verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)
  • entornar los ojos verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • entrecerrar los ojos verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kisa verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • skela verb (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions)
  • snegla verb (to look or glance sideways)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şaşılık noun (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • жмурити verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • мружити verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nheo verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • זשמורען verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • מרוזשען verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)
  • פּינטלען verb (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I have a bad squint.

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Tom has a squint.

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For the next photo, let's change the way you're facing. The sunlight is making you squint.

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He has a squint.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.