Eyeless

Pronunciation: /aɪ.ləs/

Definitions of eyeless

adjective describing a noun as lacking eyes

Example Sentences

A1 The eyeless doll scared the children.

A2 The eyeless statue seemed to follow me with its gaze.

B1 The cave explorer stumbled upon an eyeless fish deep underground.

B2 The artist created a haunting sculpture of an eyeless creature.

C1 The scientist studied the genetics of eyeless organisms in the lab.

C2 The novel featured a mysterious character with eyeless sockets.

Examples of eyeless in a Sentence

formal The eyeless statue stood in the center of the garden, symbolizing blindness to the world's beauty.

informal I saw an eyeless mannequin at the store today, it was kind of creepy.

slang That horror movie had an eyeless monster that gave me nightmares.

figurative The eyeless camera captured the scene in perfect detail, despite its lack of physical eyes.

Grammatical Forms of eyeless

• past tense: eyelessed
• plural: eyelesses
• comparative: more eyeless
• superlative: most eyeless
• present tense: eyeless
• future tense: will be eyeless
• perfect tense: have been eyeless
• continuous tense: is eyelessing
• singular: eyeless
• positive degree: eyeless
• infinitive: to be eyeless
• gerund: eyelessing
• participle: eyelessed

Origin and Evolution of eyeless

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Old English

Story behind the word: The word 'eyeless' originated from Old English, derived from the word 'ēageleās'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used to describe something or someone without eyes, 'eyeless' has evolved to also convey a sense of lacking insight or understanding in a figurative sense.