Red-eyed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Red-eyed is an adjective meaning Having the eyelids reddened, e.g. by tears or lack of sleep.
Meaning
Having the eyelids reddened, e.g. by tears or lack of sleep.
More Meanings
- (photography) Of a person, having the pupils appearing in a red color due to a reflection off the blood vessels in the eye.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, eyed.
- simple past and past participle of red-eye
Example Sentences
They were very red-eyed after playing video-games for 72 hours straight.
She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include redeyed, red-faced, blue-eyed, brown-eyed, red-rimmed, red-blooded.
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