- eyes were dark, cupped by fleshy pouches
- lined from squinting into too many suns
- heard little and cared less
- the light fades from his eyes until they are dark and empty
- sensitive brown eyes
- predatory eyes
- eyes flat as little pebbles
- looked left and right before starting
- looked like hell—purple bags under her eyes,
- eyes were dark pools of fear
- a shadow passed over his eyes
- dark eyes smoldering
- brown eyes wearing reading glasses
- eyes sunk into his sockets
- memorable only for his bleak eyes
- his face hardened in concentration
- eyes were red-rimmed from allergies
- his glance, as conspiratorial as a wink
- under heavy lids; heavy-lidded
- wire-rimmed glasses
- ferret-like eyes
- slate-blue eyes
- stared through him
- competitive, fixed, dead-eyed, and querulous stare of people who weren’t getting far enough fast enough
- crows feet radiated from corners of eyes
Related Words to Eyes
If you wish to define the eye feature in terms of a mix of color, shape, and features, you can pick from the words and possibilities listed here.
- audacious blue
- big oblique
- sly blue
- dark, red-rimmed
- second foundational
- impersonal brown
- somber, ruddy
- dead, unblinking
- wide unblinking
- large, inquiring
- repulsive metal
- sharp, large
- forthright brown
- queer colorless
- lively gray
- sharp hazel
- sorrowful brown
- bright baleful
- grave grey
- wide childish
- striking blue-green
- bloodshot, wicked
- savage, watchful
- wicked, bloodshot
- tear-filled brown
- lovely hazel
- wide-open, luminous
- good-natured blue
- alert, blue
- sympathetic dark
- wild, red-rimmed
- grisly dead
- wide-open, eager
- feline green
- intellectual gray
- drunken, baleful
- dazed, sunken
- beady, glaring
- strange hazel
- yellow and dubious
- deep-set murderous
- vacant gray
- old milky
- unblinking, red-rimmed
- small but remarkably lustrous
- magical, disembodied
- straighter, lavender
- striking amber
- couple, watchful
- dull and fishy
- vacuous blue
- beady, watchful
- birdlike black
- unusual pale
- lifeless, dull
- anxious blue
- dreamy, moist
- watchful cold
- mournful, innocent
- huge multifaceted
- newly respectful
- big, wistful
- wet hazel
- dark contemptuous
- great, prominent
- deep-set, hollow
- red-rimmed, moist
- interstellar private
- fierce, sunken
- gently observant
- red murky
- sad, wary
- dark nor golden
- quick bloodshot
- drowsy baggy
- shiny blank
- bright, hateful
- canny brown
- hopeful or fearful
- hot, curious
- watchful, malevolent
- charming hazel
- implacable reptilian
- open, blind
- intense, bloodshot
- gorgeous, lusty
- slightly swollen and dark
- blue, innocent
- wary, brown
- dark-haired and blue
- magnificently expressive
- deep-set and expressive
- quizzical gray
- thoughtful brown
- huge mournful
- drowsy brown
Ways to Describe Eyesight
When we talk about the eyes, we also think of vision. Most likely, explaining vision is more necessary than describing eyes. Here are a few ways to explain vision to help you.
- blinked as the eyes adjusted.
- rubbed raw eyes
- eyes were never still
- never looked at me
- peer sightlessly at a wall
- stared at the pool
- eyes flickered past me.
- caught her peeking at him sideways out of a narrow corner of her right eye.
- looked him over
- studied her with a predator’s unwavering attention
- cold gaze fixed on
- dark eyes radiated intelligence
- meaningful eye contact
- eyes bleary from surveillance
- four pairs of eyes blinked in unison
- eyes felt scratchy
- eyes narrowed to slits
- yellow rimmed eyes narrowing
- eyed me
- eyes narrowed
- blinked a couple of times
- stared off into the crowd
- watching the bystanders from the edge of his vision
- risked a peek
