dead-eyed

dead-eyed

English

Adjective

dead-eyed (comparative more dead-eyed, superlative most dead-eyed)

1. Having eyes that lack emotion or seem vacant.
   • 2011, Andrew Klavan, The Final Hour, Thomas Nelson (2011), →ISBN, page 20:

     The prisoners watched me from inside their cells, watched dead-eyed and silent as I was dragged past.

   • 2011, Joe Schreiber, Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Houghton Mifflin (2011), →ISBN, pages 132-133:

     The dead-eyed man regarded me without the slightest change of expression.

   • 2013, Janos Jantner, Drawing Horror-Movie Monsters, The Rosen Publishing Group (2013), →ISBN, page 18:

     With a staggering walk, ragged clothes, and a terrifying dead-eyed stare, the zombie is an instantly recognizable monster of the big screen.