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👁️ Having blue eyes ⭐ A special favorite
blue-eyed

blue-eyed

3 5.3
A person treated as a favorite by someone in charge
  • adjective
  • /bluː aɪd/
  • Informal
translation icon : favorito
  • In the competition, the blue-eyed candidate was favored by the judges for her unique performance.
  • blue-eyed blonde
  • blue-eyed blonde
  • blue-eyed boy

Examples

  • The blue-eyed artist always received special attention from the gallery owner during exhibitions.

  • "OK, now take a breath," I said, and thought: oh, the darling of the institute, our blue-eyed one, can you possibly leave anyone in trouble?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "They look at me with blue-eyed incomprehension.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He was her blue-eyed boy.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I am a blue-eyed, light-haired American citizen.

    Blog text (14)

  • Adventure is a passionate woman, a blue-eyed princess who kills her lovers in the morning.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The director's blue-eyed assistant seemed to have his unwavering support for all her projects.

Synonyms

favorite
vsblue-eyed
  • US
∞ 1.0

Liked more than other people or things

focuses on being given special favor by people in authority
fair-haired
vsblue-eyed
2 7.2

A person people in charge treat as a favorite

puts less emphasis on authority when describing special favor
favored
vsblue-eyed
  • US
3.7

A person who gets better treatment and more benefits than others

emphasizes being regarded with special favor rather than receiving benefits

Antonyms

unpopular
121 2.1

Most people do not like someone or something

disfavored
  • US
1 6.7

Less liked and given fewer chances than other people

How Favored

doting
6.8
blue-eyed
  • Informal
3 5.3
favored
  • US
3.7
liked
1.0

Surface Forms

blue-eyed positive

Morphology

blue-eyed = blue + eye (semi-transparent) = blue + eye + ed

The structure is still 'blue' + 'eye' + '-ed', but the sense 'favoured person' is an idiomatic/metaphorical extension not directly predictable from the literal parts.

Etymology

Blue-eyed comes from blue and eye and can also mean 'a favorite' or someone given 'special favor'. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine a boss who always chooses one trusted person, so to be blue-eyed is to be treated as that favored person.