red-rimmed

Examples

• All

• Bob's image looked back at him, eyes red-rimmed, face pale.

  Fiction book (1992)

• His eyes weren't as red-rimmed as they had been the week before.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "Then looking closer and seeing my red-rimmed eyes, she asked, "Is everything OK?"

  Fiction book (2002)

• Her eyes were red-rimmed, and not just from the last few minutes.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Meg rolled toward him, turning her red-rimmed eyes up to his face.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The officer's red-rimmed eyes had difficulty focusing on the man who stood before him.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Does he?" the old man asked, blinking with red-rimmed eyes.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "What gets me is that you don't care," she said, looking up at him, her eyes red-rimmed.

  Fiction book (1993)

• His eyes were red-rimmed and bloodshot, the space around them dark and hollow.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I poured her cup full, and she drank from it, staring at me with her red-rimmed eyes.

  Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

R

red

vsred-rimmed

380 1.0

Having skin that looks like the color of blood from heat or strong feeling

focuses on a narrow rim of colour around the eyelids rather than general flushing

R

reddened

vsred-rimmed

1 3.6

Skin and eyes that are red from crying, exercise, or irritation

describes a narrow border of colour specifically around the eyelids

How Red

bloodshot

6 3.5

red-rimmed

2 6.6

pink-tinged

1 3.5

clear

866 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology