Usually means: Glare angrily, showing intense hostility.
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  1. look daggers: Merriam-Webster
  2. look daggers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. look daggers: Wiktionary
  4. look daggers: Dictionary.com
  5. Look Daggers: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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▸ verb:  (intransitive) Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.

Similar:
stare daggers, death-stare, dagger, stiletto, stab, lapidate, lash out, impale, blade, taser, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, beam, chuckle, laugh

Phrases:
look daggers at, to look daggers, more...

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Similar:
stare daggers, death-stare, dagger, stiletto, stab, lapidate, lash out, impale, blade, taser, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, beam, chuckle, laugh

Phrases:
look daggers at, to look daggers, more...



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