dark-eyed

adjective

Having dark eyes.

Meanings

adjectivedark-eyed (comparative more dark-eyed or darker-eyed, superlative most dark-eyed or darkest-eyed)

comparative more dark-eyed · comparative darker-eyed · superlative most dark-eyed · superlative darkest-eyed

  1. Having dark eyes.

    The dark-haired, darker-eyed Fraulein sat more or less alone in her schoolroom, giving guttural orders that we all found very funny.

    1983, Elsa Lanchester, chapter 3, in Elsa Lanchester, Herself, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 29
    2 more examples

    He was a Demon: the darkest-eyed, most dangerous type of Ashkind, historically the most violent and insidious and prone to political dissent, who had to be watched by the Department very carefully lest they rebel against the Government.

    2015, Helena Coggan, chapter 6, in The Catalyst, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, pages 70–71

    He smiled, remembering the morning when Esteban and Gregorio, two of his darkest-eyed, blackest-haired and most sunburnt men, had come to him with a daring plan that he’d immediately sanctioned.

    2017, Graham Hancock, “Friday 27 May 1520–Saturday 28 May 1520”, in Night of Sorrows (War God; 3), London: Coronet, →ISBN, page 293

Translations

Danish mørkøjet
  • mørkøjethaving dark eyes
Lithuanian tamsiaãkis
  • tamsiaãkishaving dark eyes
Norwegian Bokmål mørkøyd
  • mørkøydhaving dark eyes
Polish ciemnooki
  • ciemnookihaving dark eyes
Swedish mörkögd
  • mörkögdhaving dark eyes
Cite this entry
APA

dark-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-eyed

MLA

“dark-eyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-eyed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark-eyed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-eyed.

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