Meaning

Having eyes like those of fish..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having eyes like those of fish.
2. Characterized by an unblinking stare that lacks warmth or friendliness.
3. Visually distorted as if seen through a fisheye lens.
4. Having a fisheye lens.
5. simple past and past participle of fish-eye

Example Sentences

“You mean, like a tribe of fish-eyed monsters living down here?”

PETRA: Is a ravenous and deranged fish-eyed monster with a sickly complexion on Whisper Isle.

The bloody sea churned as thousands of sharp-toothed, fish-eyed monsters surged toward the man that had slain them in the world of the living.

Our images were of miniscule fish-eyed creatures, with knobs and protrusions, the kind we had seen in biology books.

If you speak to one of these saffron-hued natives, especially to one of the children, you are generally met by a very curious, fish-eyed stare without a gleam of intelligence back of it, and you wait long before you get a reply.

He flicked off his cigarette ash again and looked at me, fish-eyed.

Why should a homicide with all the obvious possibilities look like a bit of frame work for two men? Why? Both being such fine possibilities for the green room like they were, and being so nicely motivated, like they also were, could make a cop look very fish-eyed at the whole setup and wonder exactly what was behind that abundance of good suspects for a homicide.

Arturo sighed heavily and gave me a fish-eyed look, as if I was wasting his life by even being there.

Word Forms

• more fish-eyed
• most fish-eyed
• fisheyed

When Should You Use Fish-eyed?

Use fish-eyed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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