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red-rimmed

red-rimmed adjective: having a red colour around the edge, especially said of eyes after crying.

Adjective

red-rimmed (not comparable)

  1. Having a red colour around the edge, especially said of eyes after crying.

Questions about red-rimmed

What does red-rimmed mean?
Red-rimmed means having a red colour around the edge, especially said of eyes after crying.
What part of speech is red-rimmed?
Red-rimmed is an adjective.

Words near red-rimmed in the dictionary

  1. red-point
  2. Red-Queen hypothesis
  3. red-ragger
  4. red-raggers
  5. red-red stew
  6. red-rimmed
  7. red-rumped parrot
  8. red-rumped parrots
  9. red-rumped swallow
  10. red-rumped swallows
  11. red-shafted flicker

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