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eyeshadow

eyeshadow

8 2.6
Makeup that you put on the eyelids or under the eyes to make them look brighter
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪˌʃædoʊ/
translation icon : sombra de ojos
  • She applied a shimmering eyeshadow to her eyelids for a night out.
  • blue eyeshadow
  • lipstick and eyeshadow
  • eyeshadow and eyeliner

It helps your eyeshadow to have more stain power.

Examples

  • I could choose between blue eyeshadow and a book for little kids.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Ooh, that would be a great shade of eyeshadow.

    The Foxes of Harrow (1947)

  • And so I want to work that eyeshadow up like that.

  • And I am going to keep using it as eyeshadow anyway.

  • So we're going to try to look for an eyeshadow somewhere in here.

  • Doctor, you got too much eyeshadow today.

    Jack Be Nimble (2022)

  • I'm going to take this color pop eyeshadow and get lucky.

  • I'm going to put some eyeshadow on my lid.

  • We wore baby blue eyeshadow, the same color as our gym uniforms.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Now she put on blue eyeshadow, coral lipstick, and blusher.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

shimmery eyeshadow
vseyeshadow
4.9

Makeup for the eyelids that has a soft shiny finish

is the general colored cosmetic used to enhance eye appearance without shiny finish

Compounds

eyeshadow palette
1 3.2

A small box of colored powders or creams used to put color on the eyes

shimmery eyeshadow
4.9

Makeup for the eyelids that has a soft shiny finish

How Dramatic

eyeshadow
8 2.6
makeup
519 1.3

Surface Forms

eyeshadow singular
eyeshadows plural

Morphology

eyeshadow = eye + shadow (transparent) = eye + shadow

A straightforward compound of 'eye' + 'shadow' referring to a cosmetic that creates a shaded effect on the eye area, so learners can infer the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

The word eyeshadow is simply eye + shadow, so it literally means a small 'shadow' painted on the eyelid to change how the eye looks and make it stand out.