looked daggers
Shot hostile glances
To look daggers at someone is to glare at them with intense hostility or anger—a stare sharp enough to wound if it could.
The expression captures that moment when fury shows plainly in the eyes: She looked daggers at him across the table when he mentioned her ex.
- scowledShowed displeasure facially
- frownedShowed facial disapproval
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- death stareIntensely hostile glare
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
glower · tension · anger · reproachful · resentment · piercing · cold stare · evil eye · stink eye · hostility · wrath · eyes · give someone the eye · indignation · withering · baleful · bitterness · animosity