shifty-eyed
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈʃɪfti aɪd/
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sospechoso
- How many politicians do you know can look straight in the camera without coming off shifty-eyed?
- shifty-eyed man
Examples
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Where he slides in past the nervous, shifty-eyed man (his name is Pasqual) and sits by the window.
Fiction book (2000) -
"They didn't do it the next time he came in, which was a week later, looking nervous and shifty-eyed, like he might not be welcomed.
Fiction book (2000) -
And although we never met and spoke on it, I'm certain it wasn't lack of desire for employment that gave them that shifty-eyed cast.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mercedes would get excited but be shifty-eyed, pretending not to push for the sale while she busily calculated her potential share.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was a shifty-eyed little man whose last post had been in Sacramento, where he picked up enough West Coast ways to disguise his North Carolina origins; he was the son of a farmer and not proud of the fact.
Fiction book (1990) -
The shifty-eyed man glanced around nervously as he approached the shop.
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After his shifty-eyed behavior during the meeting, everyone started to doubt his integrity.
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She hesitated and spoke in a shifty-eyed manner, making it hard to trust her words.
Synonyms
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7.4
A look or behavior that seems dishonest and hard to trust
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7.4
Having small round shiny eyes that look suspicious
Looking to one side in a way that shows doubt or envy
Antonyms
How Suspicious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shifty-eyed comes from the parts shift and eyed, where shift means 'move' and eyed means 'with eyes'. So a shifty-eyed person moves their eyes a lot and often looks nervous or dishonest.