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cataracted

cataracted adjective: of an eye: clouded by a cataract. Also the simple past and past participle of cataract.

Adjective

cataracted (comparative more cataracted, superlative most cataracted)

  1. Of an eye: clouded by a cataract.
    • The eyelids frozen open, the wide cataracted eyes, the loose lips, the dark pink tunnel of throat.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 155

Also used as

cataracted is also the simple past and past participle of cataract.

Forms of cataracted

comparativemore cataracted
superlativemost cataracted

Origin of cataracted

From cataract + -ed.

Questions about cataracted

What does cataracted mean?
Cataracted means of an eye: clouded by a cataract.
What part of speech is cataracted?
Cataracted is an adjective.

Words near cataracted in the dictionary

  1. catapultæ
  2. cataract
  3. cataract bog
  4. cataract bogs
  5. cataractal
  6. cataracted
  7. cataractic
  8. cataracting
  9. cataractogenesis
  10. cataractogenic
  11. cataractogenicity

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