Words for Eyes

Deep-set, dreamy, or darting? Find unique ways to write about eyes, including adjectives and words for eyelashes and eyebrows.

  1. ablaze
  2. affixed
  3. all-knowing
  4. alluring
  5. almond-shaped
  6. amazed
  7. beady
  8. beautiful
  9. bewitching
  10. blank
  11. blind
  12. blinking
  13. bloodshot
  14. blue
  15. blue-eyed
  16. bright
  17. brooding
  18. brown
  19. brown-eyed
  20. bug-eyed
  21. bulging
  22. burning
  23. cat-like
  24. close
  25. close-set
  26. cloudy
  27. commanding
  28. compassionate
  29. cross-eyed
  30. dancing
  31. dark
  1. inviting
  2. jaundiced
  3. knowing
  4. languid
  5. large
  6. lash-fringed
  7. laughing
  8. lidded
  9. lively
  10. love-struck
  11. mesmerizing
  12. mysterious
  13. narrowed
  14. oval
  15. pearly
  16. peeking
  17. peering
  18. penetrating
  19. pie-eyed
  20. piercing
  21. playful
  22. protruding
  23. restless
  24. rheumy
  25. round
  26. sad
  27. scared
  28. seductive
  29. sexy
  30. shaded
  31. sharp
  1. dazed
  2. deep-set
  3. dilated
  4. doe-eyed
  5. dopey
  6. dreamy
  7. drooping
  8. electric
  9. elongated
  10. emerald
  11. emotional
  12. empty
  13. expressionless
  14. expressive
  15. fiery
  16. flecked
  17. flickering
  18. fluttering
  19. focused
  20. gentle
  21. glazed
  22. glistening
  23. glittering
  24. green
  25. green-eyed
  26. hardened
  27. hazel
  28. heavy
  29. heavy-lidded
  30. hollow
  31. honest
  1. shy
  2. slanted
  3. sleepy
  4. small
  5. sorrowful
  6. soulful
  7. sparkling
  8. squinty
  9. steely
  10. sultry
  11. sunken
  12. sympathetic
  13. tear-filled
  14. tired
  15. twinkling
  16. twitching
  17. unfocused
  18. unusual
  19. vacant
  20. warm
  21. watery
  22. weary
  23. weeping
  24. white
  25. wide
  26. wide-spaced
  27. widened
  28. wild
  29. witchy
  30. wrinkled
  1. 20/20 vision
  2. baby blues
  3. bedroom eyes
  4. blinders
  5. blindspot
  6. blinkers
  7. cat eyes
  8. closed eyes
  9. cornea
  10. dark circles
  1. eyelashes
  2. eyelid
  3. eyesight
  4. folds around the eye
  5. iris
  6. monocle
  7. optic nerve
  8. orbs
  9. pair of eyes
  10. peepers
  1. eagle eye
  2. evil eye
  3. eye
  4. eye color
  5. eye contact
  6. eye liner
  7. eye shadow
  8. eye socket
  9. eyeballs
  10. eyebrow
  1. puppy dog eyes
  2. set of eyes
  3. sight
  4. slits
  5. stink eye
  6. sunglasses
  7. tears
  8. under-eye circles
  9. vision
  10. white of the eyes
  1. affix
  2. avert
  3. bat
  4. blink
  5. brood
  6. browse
  7. bulge
  8. canvass
  9. cast a glance
  10. cast about
  11. catch sight of
  12. check
  13. check out
  14. close one eyes
  15. command a view
  16. cry
  17. dance
  18. dart
  19. detect
  20. dilate
  21. droop
  22. express
  23. fix on
  1. make out
  2. mark
  3. marvel
  4. narrow one's eyes
  5. notice
  6. ogle
  7. peer
  8. pierce
  9. pour over
  10. pry
  11. read
  12. recognize
  13. regard
  14. register
  15. review
  16. roll back
  17. roll one's eyes
  18. scan
  19. scout
  20. scowl
  21. scrutinize
  22. see eye-to-eye
  23. seek
  1. flash
  2. flutter
  3. focus
  4. gawk
  5. gaze
  6. get lost in
  7. give the evil eye
  8. glance
  9. glare
  10. glaze
  11. glaze over
  12. glimpse
  13. glint
  14. glower
  15. goggle
  16. inspect
  17. leer
  18. light up
  19. look away
  20. look daggers
  21. look for
  22. look over
  23. look up
  1. shoot daggers
  2. shut
  3. size up
  4. skim
  5. snoop
  6. sparkle
  7. spot
  8. squint
  9. stare
  10. stare down
  11. stare into
  12. survey
  13. take note of
  14. take notice of
  15. tear up
  16. trace
  17. twinkle
  18. twitch
  19. watch
  20. weep
  21. well up
  22. wink
  23. witness
  1. eyes ablaze like a maniac's
  2. eyes aflame like a bale-file
  3. eyes as blue as a summer morning sky
  4. eyes as blue as violet buds
  5. eyes as bright as sunlight on a stream
  6. eyes as bright as the light of day
  7. eyes as clear as a starless winter night
  8. eyes as clear as water
  9. eyes as cool and lifeless as coins
  10. eyes as cool as rainwater
  11. eyes as desperate as those of an animal caught in a trap
  12. eyes as gray and cloudy as an April day
  13. eyes as lifeless as those of a doll's
  14. eyes as mild as a gazelle's
  15. eyes black-rimmed like a raccoon
  16. eyes blazing like a hot furnace
  17. eyes closed tight like a man in desperate prayer
  18. eyes clouded with anger like the sky before a storm
  19. eyes cold and hard as a frozen abyss
  20. eyes dark and empty like an open grave
  21. eyes dark as desert skies
  22. eyes deep and dark as pools of ink
  23. eyes desperate as a dying man's
  24. eyes expressionless as ice cubes
  25. eyes flaring like two flashlights in the dark
  26. eyes flickering like flaming torches
  27. eyes fluttering like Fourth of July sparklers
  1. eyes like glacial lakes
  2. eyes like glass beads
  3. eyes like holes
  4. eyes like hollows of madness
  5. eyes like jewels
  6. eyes like knobs
  7. eyes like knots of wood
  8. eyes like large, dark pools
  9. eyes like mirrors
  10. eyes like mushroom caps
  11. eyes like needle points
  12. eyes like open doors
  13. eyes like peach pits
  14. eyes like peas
  15. eyes like plum pits
  16. eyes like punctuation marks
  17. eyes like rosettes
  18. eyes like saucers
  19. eyes like searchlights
  20. eyes like seeds
  21. eyes like shiny pebbles
  22. eyes like shutters
  23. eyes like slits
  24. eyes like spikes
  25. eyes like stars
  26. eyes like sunbeams
  27. eyes like the lamps of a lighthouse
  1. eyes gleaming like an exited salesman's
  2. eyes glowing bright and fiery as cinders
  3. eyes hard as buttons
  4. eyes like a pair of glass marbles
  5. eyes like almond kernels
  6. eyes like beads stitched in a quilt
  7. eyes like berries
  8. eyes like billiard balls
  9. eyes like black currants
  10. eyes like black marbles
  11. eyes like black seeds
  12. eyes like bonfires
  13. eyes like brewing storms
  14. eyes like buckets
  15. eyes like burning coals
  16. eyes like burning torches
  17. eyes like button eyes of a doll
  18. eyes like chestnuts in milk
  19. eyes like coins
  20. eyes like commas
  21. eyes like daggers
  22. eyes like dark caves
  23. eyes like dark raisins pressed in dough
  24. eyes like dinner plates
  25. eyes like discs
  26. eyes like fires
  27. eyes like flint-stones
  1. eyes like twin daisies
  2. eyes like twin stars
  3. eyes like two holes burned in a blanket
  4. eyes like two holes drilled in wood
  5. eyes like wells
  6. eyes limpid like pools of water
  7. eyes narrowed as if aiming a gun
  8. eyes opened like windows
  9. eyes red as burning coals
  10. eyes red-rimmed and droopy as an old hound's
  11. eyes shiny and black as oil
  12. eyes shiny and flat as mirrors
  13. eyes shy as a wild stag's
  14. eyes small like the eyes of a potato
  15. eyes sparkling like fire in a cave
  16. eyes steely as a bird's
  17. eyes that blinked as if in a sandstorm
  18. eyes that bulged like a lizard's
  19. eyes that catch the light like chips of broken glass
  20. eyes that dart like a shoplifter's
  21. eyes that dart like swallows
  22. eyes that draw you in like quicksand
  23. eyes that drooped like wilting flowers
  24. eyes that flickered like blowing leaves
  25. eyes that rolled back like loose marbles
  26. eyes that rolled in their sockets like dice
  27. eyes that twinkled brighter than the stars
  1. eyelashes as furry as tarantula legs
  2. eyelashes as large and lavish as a camel's
  3. eyelashes as long as a doll's
  4. eyelashes as stiff as bird tails
  5. eyelashes as thick as carwash brushes
  6. eyelashes as thick as June grass
  1. eyelashes like fairy wings
  2. eyelashes like fringed curtains
  3. eyelashes like great fans upon her cheek
  4. eyelashes like long, black centipede legs
  5. eyelashes like shadows on her face
  6. eyelashes like stiff black fans
  1. eyelashes as thick as raven feathers
  2. eyelashes as thick as spiders
  3. eyelashes dark as soot against her fair skin
  4. eyelashes fluttering like feathers
  5. eyelashes like bunches of tiny, black arrows
  6. eyelashes like butterfly wings
  1. eyelashes that closed like a theater curtain
  2. eyelashes that drifted softly like daisy petals
  3. eyelashes that flapped like peacock tails
  4. eyelashes that framed the eye like black lace
  5. eyelashes thick as black tar
  6. eyelashes thick as candle wicks
  1. eyebrows as bushy as a fox's tail
  2. eyebrows as bushy as overgrown hedges
  3. eyebrows as straight as a bar
  4. eyebrows bushy as overgrown shrubs
  5. eyebrows bushy like a professor's
  6. eyebrows like a pair of swallows
  7. eyebrows like an archer's bent bows
  8. eyebrows like bended bows
  1. eyebrows like fuzzy caterpillars
  2. eyebrows like hanging gardens
  3. eyebrows like hedges
  4. eyebrows like jump ropes
  5. eyebrows like knitted stockings
  6. eyebrows like moth antennae
  7. eyebrows like sleeping silkworms
  8. eyebrows like stiff bird tails
  1. eyebrows like brushstrokes on a canvas
  2. eyebrows like charcoal arches
  3. eyebrows like charcoal smudged across the brow
  4. eyebrows like crescent moons
  5. eyebrows like curved snow drifts
  6. eyebrows like daggers
  7. eyebrows like eaves
  8. eyebrows like frost
  1. eyebrows like strung bows
  2. eyebrows like woven black threads
  3. eyebrows that curved like rainbows
  4. eyebrows that furrowed like an eagle's
  5. eyebrows that furrowed together like sand dunes
  6. eyebrows unruly as an old man's