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Definition of "red-eyed" [red-eyed]

  • Having red eyes, the iris being of that color: as, the red-eyed vireo or greenlet or flycatcher, Vireo olivaceus. See cut under greenlet.
  • Having a bare red space about the eyes, as some birds.
  • Having congested eyelids, as after shedding tears.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "red-eyed" in a sentence
  • "Cabbage calls a red-eyed teenager out from the trees to run them through a ramshackle memory machine."
  • "On the victor's podium, a red-eyed Evans held back tears before hurling the winner's bouquet into the crowd."
  • "Off Earwig must go to an adoptive home, a sinister bungalow occupied by the witch Bella Yaga and her bad-tempered, red-eyed companion, the Mandrake."