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"etymology_text": "An allusion to a look being so fierce as to be able to injure the person looked at like a dagger.",
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"ref": "1986, Stephen Coonts, chapter 9, in Flight of the Intruder, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, page 116",
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"(intransitive) Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking."
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"word": "evil eye"
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{
"word": "if looks could kill"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar amb l'esguard"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "katsoa vihamielisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "mulkoilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "lancer un regard noir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "darder un regard noir"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "foudroyer du regard"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fusiller du regard"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "se regarder en chiens de faïence"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "guardare torvo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "guardare in cagnesco"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ssoaboda",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "쏘아보다"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "noryeoboda",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "노려보다"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "utkwić wzrok bazyliszka pf (w + accusative)",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "olhar feio"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar com o olhar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar con la mirada"
}
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar amb l'esguard"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "katsoa vihamielisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "mulkoilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "lancer un regard noir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "darder un regard noir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "foudroyer du regard"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fusiller du regard"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "se regarder en chiens de faïence"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "guardare torvo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "guardare in cagnesco"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ssoaboda",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "쏘아보다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "noryeoboda",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "노려보다"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "utkwić wzrok bazyliszka pf (w + accusative)",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "olhar feio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar com o olhar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner",
"word": "fulminar con la mirada"
}
],
"word": "look daggers"
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