squint

Adjective

• (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
    

Noun

• the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed

• abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

Verb

• partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
  • The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield
    

• be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
  • The children squinted so as to scare each other
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  askance , askant , asquint , squint-eyed , squinty , sidelong , strabismus , squinch