Definitions from Wiktionary (black eye)
▸ noun: A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
▸ noun: (figurative) A defeat.
▸ noun: (figurative) Damage to a reputation.
▸ noun: (dated) An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
▸ noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
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▸ noun: A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
▸ noun: (figurative) A defeat.
▸ noun: (figurative) Damage to a reputation.
▸ noun: (dated) An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
▸ noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
Similar:
shiner,
bruise,
bloodstroke,
bloodstain,
blood blister,
blood in one's eye,
contusion,
exsanguination,
bleed out,
stroke,
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Adjectives:
bloodshot,
pie-eyed,
walleyed,
lidded,
blackeyed,
birdseye,
foureyed,
eyed,
wall-eyed,
heavy,
hooded
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