Beady
adjective
Small, round, and shining, similar to a bead.
The mouse's beady black eyes stared at me from the corner.
Often appears as...
- beady eyes
- beady sweat
adjective
Observing closely or with intent.
He gave me a beady look, not missing any detail.
Often appears as...
- beady gaze
- beady scrutiny
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Small, round, and shining, similar to a bead.
The mouse's beady black eyes stared at me from the corner.
Often appears as...
- beady eyes
- beady sweat
adjective
Observing closely or with intent.
He gave me a beady look, not missing any detail.
Often appears as...
- beady gaze
- beady scrutiny
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Detail
Used to emphasize the small size and bright appearance of someone's eyes.
The villain in the story had tiny, beady eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Beady eyes' often gives a sense of distrust or creepiness about a character.
The suspicious character had beady eyes that glanced around furtively.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Eyes
Can describe other small, shiny things resembling beads, not just eyes.
The dress was covered in beady sequins that glittered.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Detail
Used to emphasize the small size and bright appearance of someone's eyes.
The villain in the story had tiny, beady eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Beady eyes' often gives a sense of distrust or creepiness about a character.
The suspicious character had beady eyes that glanced around furtively.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Eyes
Can describe other small, shiny things resembling beads, not just eyes.
The dress was covered in beady sequins that glittered.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Detail
Used to emphasize the small size and bright appearance of someone's eyes.
The villain in the story had tiny, beady eyes.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Beady eyes' often gives a sense of distrust or creepiness about a character.
The suspicious character had beady eyes that glanced around furtively.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Eyes
Can describe other small, shiny things resembling beads, not just eyes.
The dress was covered in beady sequins that glittered.
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
me I'm hideous um I'm round I'm fat my legs are short I got a big mouth huge nostrils beady eyes and funny little ears please create please you gotta allow me to hide in the water so no one can look at me and laughs my crazy said there's no way your mouth is
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The beauty of being a...
leaned over right in my face with these beady, bright, fierce eyes and said, "Well, send me something then, immediately!" See, now most people, especially TED people, would have run to the mailbox, right? It took me over a decade to even imagine
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The Wild Animals of...
you know they're venomous yeah he's got his beady eye on me but as that he increases it brings out some of the gardens most elusive species we've just found a paradise trees lake also known as the flying snake and when they move
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
a sneak attack through the thick overgrowth and come at the bats from behind the flying fox bats wait unsuspectingly with their beady eyes and large wings the men will have to wade into the lake but there's one problem
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Monster Fish, Part 1:...
than any river in the world and it has species like the giant carp a 600-pound goldfish the goonch catfish you know such a strange-looking catfish the little beady cat's eyes and nail like
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
weapons to nab them today they'll mount a sneak attack through the thick overgrowth and come at the bats from behind the flying fox bats wait unsuspectingly with their beady eyes and
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Would You Eat Live...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles it's the octopus many would call it ugly
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Sick Hedgehog goes for...
unmistakable the hedgehog these brown spiky mammals with their small beady eyes and adorable button noses are
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Would You Eat Live...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles
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The Ultimate Raw Fish PIPE...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
me I'm hideous um I'm round I'm fat my legs are short I got a big mouth huge nostrils beady eyes and funny little ears please create please you gotta allow me to hide in the water so no one can look at me and laughs my crazy said there's no way your mouth is
Video examples
The beauty of being a...
leaned over right in my face with these beady, bright, fierce eyes and said, "Well, send me something then, immediately!" See, now most people, especially TED people, would have run to the mailbox, right? It took me over a decade to even imagine
Video examples
The Wild Animals of...
you know they're venomous yeah he's got his beady eye on me but as that he increases it brings out some of the gardens most elusive species we've just found a paradise trees lake also known as the flying snake and when they move
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
a sneak attack through the thick overgrowth and come at the bats from behind the flying fox bats wait unsuspectingly with their beady eyes and large wings the men will have to wade into the lake but there's one problem
Video examples
Monster Fish, Part 1:...
than any river in the world and it has species like the giant carp a 600-pound goldfish the goonch catfish you know such a strange-looking catfish the little beady cat's eyes and nail like
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
weapons to nab them today they'll mount a sneak attack through the thick overgrowth and come at the bats from behind the flying fox bats wait unsuspectingly with their beady eyes and
Video examples
Would You Eat Live...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles it's the octopus many would call it ugly
Video examples
Sick Hedgehog goes for...
unmistakable the hedgehog these brown spiky mammals with their small beady eyes and adorable button noses are
Video examples
Would You Eat Live...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles
Video examples
The Ultimate Raw Fish PIPE...
it has a big bulbous head beady black eyes and eight squirming tentacles
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Quote examples
Grace Jones
Model
They used to call me Firefly when I was a little girl, and I always tried to figure out why I was being called a firefly. I was really black, black, black from the sun. After being in Jamaica for 13 years, my eyes were really beady and white, and my skin was really black. I must have really looked like a fly. My eyes looked like lights, like stars.
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Kurt Braunohler
American Comedian
I would love to be more specific, but really, any type of bird is the funniest animal. They have to move awkwardly when walking. They have beady eyes; they are very suspicious. They can't do anything right. They have no hands, which is inherently funny.
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Laura Amy Schlitz
American Author
I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.
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Lee Van Cleef
American Actor
Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Quote examples
Grace Jones
Model
They used to call me Firefly when I was a little girl, and I always tried to figure out why I was being called a firefly. I was really black, black, black from the sun. After being in Jamaica for 13 years, my eyes were really beady and white, and my skin was really black. I must have really looked like a fly. My eyes looked like lights, like stars.
Quote examples
Kurt Braunohler
American Comedian
I would love to be more specific, but really, any type of bird is the funniest animal. They have to move awkwardly when walking. They have beady eyes; they are very suspicious. They can't do anything right. They have no hands, which is inherently funny.
Quote examples
Laura Amy Schlitz
American Author
I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
Quote examples
Wilbur Smith
Novelist
My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.
Quote examples
Lee Van Cleef
American Actor
Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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