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)

• "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."