beady-eyed

[ bee-dee-ahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

marked by or having small, glittering eyes, especially eyes that seem to gleam with malice, avarice, or lechery.
staring with suspicion, skepticism, etc.:
The gambler gave the newcomer a beady-eyed look.

First recorded in 1870–75

Don't thet beady-eyed greaser's gall make you want to spit all over yourself?

The fourth member was a Navajo Indian, a copper-skinned, raven-haired, beady-eyed desert savage.

They were like so many beady-eyed lizards in so many dark crevices.

Turning, Henrietta saw that a black, beady-eyed gentleman was staring at her sternly.

From out of a deep windfall a beady-eyed, thin-bellied fisher-cat came forth, and stopped with his feet in the crimson ribbon.

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