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skew-eyed

/ˈskjuː.aɪd/

Traduction: Terme péjoratif et vieilli désignant une personne atteinte de strabisme ou dont les yeux semblent obliques ; aujourd'hui considéré comme obsolète et insultant.

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adjective

/ˈskjuː.aɪd/formalbritishobsolète
  • frTerme péjoratif et vieilli désignant une personne atteinte de strabisme ou dont les yeux semblent obliques ; aujourd'hui considéré comme obsolète et insultant.

An old-fashioned, derogatory term meaning squint-eyed or having a cross-eyed appearance; now considered obsolete and offensive.

  1. Having misaligned eyesC1informalbritish

    Having eyes that do not look in the same direction, often due to a condition like strabismus.

    frqui a les yeux qui louchent

    • The old man was skew-eyed, with one eye looking slightly to the left.
    • She was born skew-eyed, but it never affected her vision.
    • He was teased at school for being skew-eyed.

    Synonymesboss-eyedcross-eyedsquint-eyedwalleyed

Formes
  • more skew-eyed comparative form
  • most skew-eyed superlative form