black eye
[noun]
Synonyms: mouse, shiner, stigma, bar sinister, blot, blur, brand, odium, onus, slur, spot, stain

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Related Words: contusion

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ˌblack ˈeye noun [countable]
if you have a black eye, you have a dark area around your eye because you have been hit:
Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye.

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black eye
a bruise near one's eye which makes it appear black
The man received a black eye when he bumped into the closed door.

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black eye
n.
1. A dark area around one's eye due to a hard blow during a fight, such as boxing.
Mike Tyson sported a black eye after the big fight.
2. Discredit.
Bob's illegal actions will give a black eye to the popular movement he started.

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