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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of red-eye form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the eyelids reddened, e.g. by tears or lack of sleep.

   "They were very red-eyed after playing video-games for 72 hours straight."

2. 2
   Of a person, having the pupils appearing in a red color due to a reflection off the blood vessels in the eye.
3. 3
   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, eyed.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bathtub ginrotgut

Example

More examples

"The red-eyed knight is an optional enemy, but I recommend killing him to get his sword."

Related phrases

red-eyed breamred-eyed coquired-eyed dovered-eyed frogred-eyed pochardred-eyed puffbackred-eyed stream frogred-eyed tree frogred-eyed vireo

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