eye-rolling
/ˈʌɪrəʊlɪŋ/noun [mass noun]
The action of rolling one’s eyes, typically as an expression of exasperation, disbelief, or disapproval: there’s been plenty of eye-rolling and head-shaking over the pronouncements...
- Even suggesting tentatively that she might like to empty the dishwasher can cause serious eye-rolling.
- No amount of eye-rolling was going to convince my captors that I really didn't need to participate.
- Watching the faces of the diggers in the background, I caught a lot of grinning and eye-rolling.
adjective
Causing someone to roll their eyes in exasperation, disbelief, or disapproval: the lines are delivered with eye-rolling attempts at whimsy and satire...
- For all the talk about his poise and command, he really is given to making some eye-rolling statements.
- Their love grows, and not in a Hollywood way, with fabricated scenarios and eye-rolling misunderstandings.
- The comedy has some funny bits but relies on too many eye-rolling cliches for laughs.
Derivatives
eye-rollingly
- It's invariably going to be some eye-rollingly awful piece of quasi-mystical silliness.
- Although their witty banter comes off as eye-rollingly bad in the advertising, it actually works within the context of the film, once you get settled into it.
- The coincidences and chain of events that lead our three travelers to their crossroads never feel eye-rollingly contrived, but rather inspire more of a sense of realization, more of a "So that's how they meet!" reaction.