Synonyms for black eye
black eye

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1. black eyenoun

   Synonyms:
   shiner

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1. shiner, black eye, mousenoun

   a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

   Synonyms:
   computer mouse, common mackerel, mouse, reverse, blow, reversal, shiner, setback

2. black eyenoun

   a bad reputation

   "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

   Synonyms:
   blow, shiner, reverse, mouse, reversal, setback

3. reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eyenoun

   an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, setback, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, reverse, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, blow, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear

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1. • Bruise
   • Happening
   • Repute

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1. Miss Piggy:

   Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.

2. Larry Sofield:

   I can’t believe a $4 coupon has got us here, this is a little bit of a black eye on us. This is not what we are about at all.

3. Ali Walsh:

   My whole family is very supportive, it was hard at times for my mom to see me come home with a black eye or a bloody nose, as it would be for any mother. But she’s extremely supportive.

4. The Bruins:

   The National Hockey League is getting a black eye with the officiating this playoffs and here's another one that's going to be talked about, what was being said was you missed an effing call is what was being said on the bench for obvious reasons. But after that we had to settle down and play.

5. Paula Grisanti:

   This is the future of health care, using your own stem cells to fix problems, not drugs, but clinics that make over-the-top claims that a single stem-cell therapy will cure ALS or Parkinson’s or other diseases raise huge safety and ethical concerns. It gives the whole field a black eye.