eyed

adjective

ˈīd 

: having an eye or eyes especially of a specified kind or number

—often used in combination

a brown-eyed girl

Examples of eyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The winds unknowingly steered the Ithacans to the island of Polyphemus (Bill Irwin), the one-eyed cyclops. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

The effect is something like a gang of glass-eyed vultures staring down at a piece of carrion. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

She was cast as Athena, the class ‘troublemaker’ was Odysseus, and the school’s headmaster bumbled around, one-eyed, as the Cyclops. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026

The Beale Street-sampling trunk rattler is bright-eyed and fulgent, full of Kell’s catchy ass one-liners that stick because of her unique drawl. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing eyed

• almond-eyed
• Argus-eyed
• black-eyed bean
• black-eyed pea
• black-eyed Susan
• blear-eyed
• bleary-eyed
• blue-eyed
• blue-eyed grass
• bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
• brown-eyed Susan
• bug-eyed
• clear-eyed
• cold-eyed
• dark-eyed junco
• dewy-eyed
• doe-eyed
• dry-eyed
• four-eyed
• gimlet-eyed
• glassy-eyed
• goggle-eyed
• googly-eyed
• green-eyed
• green-eyed monster
• hard-eyed
• lynx-eyed
• misty-eyed
• moon-eyed
• open-eyed
• pie-eyed
• red-eyed vireo
• sharp-eyed
• sloe-eyed
• squint-eyed
• starry-eyed
• teary-eyed
• wide-eyed
• wild-eyed

Rhymes for eyed

• abide
• allied
• applied
• aside
• astride
• azide
• backside
• bankside
• bastide
• bayside
• bedside
• belied

Medical Definition

eyed

adjective

ˈīd 

: having an eye or eyes especially of a specified kind or number

—often used in combination

a blue-eyed patient