fish-eyed

Adjective

fish-eyed (comparative more fish-eyed, superlative most fish-eyed)

1. Having eyes like those of fish.
   • “You mean, like a tribe of fish-eyed monsters living down here?”2012, Andy Remic, Toxicity, Solaris, →ISBN
   • PETRA: Is a ravenous and deranged fish-eyed monster with a sickly complexion on Whisper Isle.2017, H.S. Crow, Lunora and the Monster King, →ISBN, page 8
2. Characterized by an unblinking stare that lacks warmth or friendliness.
   • If you speak to one of these saffron-hued natives, especially to one of the children, you are generally met by a very curious, fish-eyed stare without a gleam of intelligence back of it, and you wait long before you get a reply.1909 October, Marion Hamilton Carter, “The Vampire of the South”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XXXIII, number 6, page 617
   • He flicked off his cigarette ash again and looked at me, fish-eyed.1942 September 19, Albert Richard Wetjen, “Mr. Price Tones Down”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 215, number 12, page 98
3. Visually distorted as if seen through a fisheye lens.
   • The fish-eyed hole showed only an empty mauve hallway at first, but then a dot of yellow came in fast from the left and enlarged to fill the circumference of the view before receding toward the right, the direction of the elevators.1995, Carroll Dale Short, The Shining Shining Path, Montgomery, Ala.: Black Belt Press, →ISBN, page 257
   • The Alien is almost surreal to play, with its slightly fish-eyed view, breakneck speed, and ability to run across any surface from floor to ceiling, while the Predator’s toughness and power shine through above the puny humans, who must rely on faster weapons, armor, and decent speed to survive.1999 July, Jason D’Aprile, “Aliens versus Predator”, in PC Accelerator, number 11, page 74
4. Having a fisheye lens.
   • In the final scene, the fish-eyed camera plummets headlong down the rope toward the ground in the idiom of the helmet-cammed bungee jump.2010, Roger Stahl, Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 72
   • Any moment now, someone is going to notice us on one of the hundreds of fish-eyed cameras built into the walls and rafters.2015, Alexandra Duncan, Sound, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 140