squinched

8.1

Eyes half closed to see better or keep out bright light

adjective
/skwɪnʧt/

: entornado

His squinched expression told me the sun was in his eyes.

Examples

She looked at the distant sign with squinched eyes, trying to make out the words.
Through squinched eyelids, the world appeared bright and blurry.
Her eyes were squinched against the bright sun.
With his squinched eyes, he tried to read the sign.
She squinched her eyes against the bright sunlight as she walked outside.
He squinched his eyes to see better when the car's headlights flashed directly at him.
The child squinched up his eyes in concentration while trying to solve the puzzle.

Synonyms

squinty

vssquinched

2 6.7

Having eyes partly closed to see better in bright light

is the action of narrowing eyes to see better rather than just appearance

squinting

vssquinched

3.1

The eyes are partly closed to see better in bright light or when it is hard to see

is also used to block bright light rather than only to improve vision

Antonyms

to open

∞ 1.0

To make something not closed so you can get in

How Squinty

closed

3 1.0

squinched

8.1

narrowed

2.7

wide-eyed

27 3.4

Surface Forms

squinched positive

Morphology

squinched = squinch (transparent) = squinch + ed

Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'squinch', so the adjectival meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Squinched is easy to remember if you think of the familiar word squint ('look with partly closed eyes') combined with the idea of squeeze ('to press together'), like eyes that are slightly pinched. So squinched means your eyes are narrowed to see better or to block bright light.