side-eye
Disapproving peripheral look
Side-eye is a sideways glance expressing skepticism, disapproval, or suspicion—looking at someone without fully turning your head, conveying judgment while maintaining plausible deniability: She gave him serious side-eye when he said he'd been at the gym.
The term emerged from Black American vernacular and spread widely through social media.
As a verb: I side-eyed that excuse.
Fierce stare or brightness
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
reproach · disfavor · displeasure · judgment · censure · criticism · condemnation · withering
Cutting, mocking commentary
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- sardonicGrimly mocking
sneer · ridicule · taunt · jibe · scoff · smirk · eyeroll · subtle
Brief, casual look
- lookDirect one's gaze
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- waryGuardedly alert
- distrustAbsence of confidence
mistrust · doubt · leery · questioning · wariness · caution · misgiving · hesitation
Brief, casual look
- lookDirect one's gaze
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
gesture · silent · subtle · peripheral · oblique · wordless · unspoken · body language
glare
Fierce stare or brightness
derision · reproach · disfavor · displeasure · judgment · censure · criticism · condemnation · withering · scathing
snark
Cutting, mocking commentary
sardonic · sneer · ridicule · taunt · jibe · scoff · smirk · eyeroll · subtle · shady
glance
Brief, casual look
distrust · mistrust · doubt · leery · questioning · wariness · caution · misgiving · hesitation · uncertainty
glance
Brief, casual look
expression · gesture · silent · subtle · peripheral · oblique · wordless · unspoken · body language · facial
- eye movementsgaze, blink, stare, glance, squint
- facial expressionssmiling, smile, grin, grinning, frown
- glancesglance, glimpse, peek, peep, quick look
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- eye signalseye contact, gaze, staring, blinking, winking
- skepticismdoubt, skeptic, doubts, debunker, doubtful