Synonyms for squint
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1. strabismus, squintnoun

   abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

   Synonyms:
   strabismus

   Antonyms:
   direct

2. squintadjective

   the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed

   Synonyms:
   strabismus

   Antonyms:
   direct

3. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelongverb

   (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

   "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"

   Synonyms:
   askant, lateral, sidelong, squinty, squint-eyed, askance, asquint

   Antonyms:
   direct

4. squint, squinchverb

   cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

   "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, wince, flinch, quail, squinch, shrink, funk, cringe

   Antonyms:
   direct

5. squintverb

   be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

   Synonyms:
   squinch

   Antonyms:
   direct

6. squintverb

   partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light

   "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"

   Synonyms:
   squinch

   Antonyms:
   direct

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1. squintverb

   Synonyms:
   look askant, look askance, look obliquely

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1. James Trussell:

   You have to squint really hard to make much of the movement (in the unintended pregnancy rate) over the last 20 years until now, this is an extremely welcome decline.

2. André Breton:

   To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!