expressive eyes

Windows revealing emotion

Eyes that communicate emotion, thought, or personality with unusual clarity or intensity.

Some faces are readable mainly through the eyes—conveying sadness, mischief, or intelligence without words.

She has the most expressive eyes I've ever seen.

Actors and portrait subjects are often praised for expressive eyes, which draw and hold attention.

Opposites
emotional readability

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Expressionless, unfocused gaze

dead eyes · poker face · vacant stare · flat affect · glassy eyes

emotional vitality

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Unerring marksmen

dull eyes · vacant stare · glassy eyes · hollow eyes · thousand-yard stare

Family

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Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G