GIVE HIM THE EVIL EYE

Meaning of GIVE HIM THE EVIL EYE in English

look fierce or evil, stare in a bad way

When I testified in court, the prisoner gave me the evil eye.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

GIVE HIM THE EVIL EYE — look fierce or evil, stare in a bad way When I testified in court, the prisoner gave me the evil …
English Idioms vocab
GIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIM — le. HIMSELF: se. HE HIM: il self
English interlingue dictionary
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
HIM — I. _(h)im, |him, _ēm pronoun, objective case of he Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, dative of hē he — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
HIM — /him/ , pron. 1. the objective case of he, used as a direct or indirect object: I'll see him tomorrow. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIM — pron them. ·see hem. 2. him ·pron the objective case of he. ·see he.
Webster English vocab
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
HIM — [him] pron objective case of he
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
HIM — him strong form BrE AmE hɪm , weak forms hɪm, ɪm § həm, § ə m —In the rare instances …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIM — / hɪm; NAmE / pronoun 1. used as the object of a verb, after the verb be or after a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIM — him S1 W1 /ɪm; strong hɪm/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘he’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIM — pron. 1 objective case of HE (I saw him). 2 colloq. he (it's him again; is taller than him). 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIM — pron. 1 objective case of HE (I saw him). 2 colloq. he (it's him again; is taller than him). 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIM — pron. 1. objective case of HE (I saw him). 2 colloq. he (it's him again; is taller than him). 3 …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIM — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Him' is a third person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIM — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Him' is a third person singular …
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HIM
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIM — (MALE) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to a man, boy or male animal that …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
GIVE — n. give away give back give off give out give over give up self giving given name
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
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