Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead-eyed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: dead--eyed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having eyes that lack emotion or seem vacant.

Example Sentences

"[…]they do not explain the incredible pathos of Paul Anthony Heaven reading his lecture to a crowd of dead-eyed kids picking at themselves and drawing vacant airplane- and genitalia-doodles on their college-rule note-pads, […]"
"The prisoners watched me from inside their cells, watched dead-eyed and silent as I was dragged past."
"The dead-eyed man regarded me without the slightest change of expression."
"With a staggering walk, ragged clothes, and a terrifying dead-eyed stare, the zombie is an instantly recognizable monster of the big screen."

Inflected Forms

more dead-eyed (comparative) most dead-eyed (superlative)

Phrases

thousand-yard stare

Frequently Paired Words

thousand-yard stare fish-eyed glassy-eyed

Questions

What does dead-eyed mean?: Having eyes that lack emotion or seem vacant.

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