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eye-rolling
noun[ U ]
informal(alsoeye rolling, eyerolling)uk /ˈaɪˌrəʊ.lɪŋ/ us /ˈaɪˌroʊ.lɪŋ/
the action of moving your eyes upwards as a way of showing that you are annoyed or bored after someone has done or said something:
My request for help was met by much teenage eye-rolling.
I try to listen to complaints with respect and good humor and to avoid eye rolling.
Related word
roll your eyes
When we tell people we had to stop because of health and safety, there is a lot of eye-rolling.
I asked them to be quiet, and after much eye rolling, huffing, and tutting, they confined their conversation to a whisper.
They are known, with a certain amount of eye-rolling, as The Family.
Less obvious signs of bullying can include things like eye rolling and social isolation.
The couple hardly look at each other; there's just a lot of sighing and eyerolling.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Grimacing and frowning
bitchy resting face
cloud
curl
death stare
evil
eye
eye-roll
if looks could kill...idiom
knit
knit your brow/browsidiom
look daggers at someoneidiom
pout
purse
roll
scowlingly
screw
scrunch
sneer
someone's face fallsidiom
witheringly
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