Synonyms of squinted

squinted

verb

past tense of squint

as in peered

to take a look with the eyes narrowed (as because of difficulty seeing)

He squinted in her direction, but couldn't make her out with the sun behind her.

Related Words

• peered
• glanced
• stared
• blinked
• peeped
• gazed
• gawked
• leered
• pried
• peeked
• keeked
• goggled
• rubbernecked
• studied
• glimpsed
• glinted
• ogled
• viewed
• scanned
• examined
• surveyed
• browsed
• perused
• raked
• looked over
• questioned
• skimmed
• dipped
• oversaw
• overlooked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squinted

The janitor squinted into the distance, shielding her eyes from the sun with a hand. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Some took up the pairs of binoculars provided for better viewing, while most simply squinted and pointed into the distance. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

McNutt said as Murray squinted down at the stands and zoomed in to catch a photo of the pop superstar for his wife. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

Dressed in periwinkle, Annie took off her shoes in front of the sunflowers, sat down, squinted into the sunlight and smiled. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026

Carson squinted at prices before hooking the fuel nozzle to the tank of his scarlet Buick. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026

Giles cranked the boat back around, leaned out from behind the steering wheel and squinted past a bright glare on the water. — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the wings of migratory monarch butterflies traveling from west of the Rocky Mountains. — Olivia Maule, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025

The page squinted up at the nightingale, her dull feathers and stippled breast. — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025