Having prominent, staring or rolling eyes; also, †squint-eyed. Also figurative.

Having attractive, beautiful, or well-proportioned eyes. Obsolete.

Having small, narrow, or half-shut eyes; squint-eyed. Obsolete (English regional in later use).

Having hollow eyes; having the eyes deep sunk in their orbits.

Having small eyes. Also: (of spectacles) having small lenses.

having large or prominent eyes; figurative far-seeing, taking a broad view.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has a bird's ——’, ‘having —— like a bird's’ by combining with a noun + -ed, as in bird-eyed, bird-boned, bird-…

having a large eye or large eyes; (also) characterized by wide open eyes (cf. wide-eyed adj. at wide, adj. compounds 2).

(a) having full or large eyes; wide-eyed; †(b) perfectly visible; seen in the front (obsolete).

That has bright or clear eyes; (figurative) glad, hopeful; alert, eager, animated.

Having one or both eyes of an excessively light colour, so that the iris is hardly distinguishable from… of horses. (See quot. 1831.)

Having eyes glowing as if with fire; having or characterized by fierce or flashing eyes.

Having the bright or lively eyes of a young person. Frequently figurative (chiefly poetic): energetic, lively, enthusiastic; naive; new.

Of a person, animal, etc.: having open eyes; awake; vigilant. Also in extended use.

Having a soft or sympathetic expression in the eyes.

Having narrow eyes; characterized by narrowing of the eyes. Also figurative.

having large eyes, with eyes wide open.

having large, round eyes; staring, wide-eyed, esp. with awe, surprise, alarm, etc.; (in extended use) awestruck, surprised, alarmed, etc. (cf…

literary. Having eyes resembling those of an ox; esp. having large round or protuberant eyes.

Having small, deep-set eyes.

with glaring eyes.

having sunken eyes.

Having eyes like a dove; meek, gentle or soft-eyed.

Shaped like an almond. Of an eye.

having wide eyes; having the eyes wide open; gazing intently; (in extended use) surprised, amazed, naive.

Having large, wide open eyes.

Having large eyes. Cf. big-eye, adj. 1, and earlier ox-eyed, adj. 1.

(see quot.).

That has the eyelids reddened by tears, lack of sleep, etc. Also in extended use.

Not closed.

having the eyes screwed up.

Having bright, shining eyes. Cf. bright-eyed, adj. 2a. Now rare.

having small, winking, or half-shut eyes.

Having bulging or prominent eyes; wide-eyed (with amazement, disbelief, etc.). Also as adv.

Of the eye: Dull, vacant of expression. Also in combination fishy-eyed adj.

having almond-shaped eyes (cf. sense B. 1a).

Ox-eyed.

Of eyes: ? Having a set eager look.

Having or characterized by eyes which are open wide or bulging outward, esp. in astonishment or fear.

(of a person) having eyes which slant upwards towards the outer corners, slant-eyed (often used as an insult towards people of East Asian or…

blank-eyed adj., blank-faced adj., blank-looking adj.

(see quot.).

having a glass eye (in various senses).

(a) ? having the eyes fixed or motionless; (b) dull-sighted, ‘blind’ (figurative).

Wide-eyed; gazing or staring blankly as a result of stupidity, exhaustion, love, etc.

Of the eyes: long and narrow. Also in combinations, as slitty-eyed (now offensive), slit-eyed.

Resembling a large eye.