Meaning of fish-eyed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having eyes like those of fish.
2. Characterized by an unblinking stare that lacks warmth or friendliness.
3. Visually distorted as if seen through a fisheye lens.
4. Having a fisheye lens.

Examples

““You mean, like a tribe of fish-eyed monsters living down here?””

“PETRA: Is a ravenous and deranged fish-eyed monster with a sickly complexion on Whisper Isle.”

“The bloody sea churned as thousands of sharp-toothed, fish-eyed monsters surged toward the man that had slain them in the world of the living.”

“Our images were of miniscule fish-eyed creatures, with knobs and protrusions, the kind we had seen in biology books.”

“If you speak to one of these saffron-hued natives, especially to one of the children, you are generally met by a very curious, fish-eyed stare without a gleam of intelligence back of it, and you wait long before you get a reply.”

“He flicked off his cigarette ash again and looked at me, fish-eyed.”

“Why should a homicide with all the obvious possibilities look like a bit of frame work for two men? Why? Both being such fine possibilities for the green room like they were, and being so nicely motivated, like they also were, could make a cop look very fish-eyed at the whole setup and wonder exactly what was behind that abundance of good suspects for a homicide.”

“Arturo sighed heavily and gave me a fish-eyed look, as if I was wasting his life by even being there.”

“The fish-eyed hole showed only an empty mauve hallway at first, but then a dot of yellow came in fast from the left and enlarged to fill the circumference of the view before receding toward the right, the direction of the elevators.”

“The Alien is almost surreal to play, with its slightly fish-eyed view, breakneck speed, and ability to run across any surface from floor to ceiling, while the Predator’s toughness and power shine through above the puny humans, who must rely on faster weapons, armor, and decent speed to survive.”

“The high-camera view was excellent, giving the impression you’re watching from the stands, but the stumpcam produced a very fish-eyed picture.”

“In the final scene, the fish-eyed camera plummets headlong down the rope toward the ground in the idiom of the helmet-cammed bungee jump.”

“Any moment now, someone is going to notice us on one of the hundreds of fish-eyed cameras built into the walls and rafters.”

“Arriving at the closed door, he knocked, and then looked up to the discreetly mounted fish-eyed camera that was at the ceiling.”

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