Fish-eyed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of fish-eye form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having eyes like those of fish.

    "“You mean, like a tribe of fish-eyed monsters living down here?”"

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

Example

More examples

"“You mean, like a tribe of fish-eyed monsters living down here?”"

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