black-eyed
black-eyed adjective: having a black eye.
Adjective
black-eyed (comparative more black-eyed or blacker-eyed, superlative most black-eyed or blackest-eyed)
- Having a black eye.
- Having the iris of a black color.
- This morning Keegan looks blacker-haired and blacker-eyed than ever before. The cold has plucked extra color into his cheeks and nose, and his outsized ears are flower-pot red.1966, Paul West, chapter 16, in Alley Jaggers, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212
- Equally intolerable to her family was her desire, when the time came, to go with the blackest-eyed teenage boy in the tabor.1995, Isabel Fonseca, “Out of the Mouth of Papusza: A Cautionary Tale”, in Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 4
- as a part of a phrase
- black-eyed pea
- black-eyed Susan
black-eyed meaning in Tamil
black-eyed in Tamil
- கருங்கண் உடைய
Forms of black-eyed
| comparative | more black-eyed |
|---|---|
| comparative | blacker-eyed |
| superlative | most black-eyed |
| superlative | blackest-eyed |
| alternative form | blackeyed |
Phrases with black-eyed
Questions about black-eyed
- What does black-eyed mean?
- Black-eyed means having a black eye.
- What is black-eyed in Tamil?
- Black-eyed in Tamil is கருங்கண் உடைய. See Black-eyed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is black-eyed?
- Black-eyed is an adjective.
Words near black-eyed in the dictionary
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