sore-eyed

1. 1.

   having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis

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Questions about sore-eyed

What does sore-eyed mean?

sore-eyed means "having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis".

How many syllables are in sore-eyed?

sore-eyed has 2 syllables: so-re-eyed. The stress falls on "so".

Is sore-eyed a common word?

sore-eyed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.