bedroom eyes

[ bed-room ahyz, -room ]

plural noun

1. sexually enticing eyes, or a gaze inviting sexual intimacy:

   She looked at me with those lovely, sly bedroom eyes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedroom eyes¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Teachers told students that they should wear revealing clothes or that they had “bedroom eyes,” according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times

Composed for the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale,” “The Look of Love” literally defines the concept of bedroom eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

While campuses were erupting with antiwar protests, the Jets’ playboy quarterback, Joe Namath, with his long hair, fur coats and bedroom eyes, famously predicted the Jets would beat the N.F.L.’s ultra-establishmentarian Baltimore Colts and win Super Bowl III.

From New York Times

Throughout the performance, she would occasionally break into songs she’d composed, including “Bedroom Eyes,” a tongue-in-cheek folk song about a “strong man” taken in by a woman with a “heart of bronze.”

From Los Angeles Times

Seductive bedroom eyes and lovely singing aside, nothing about Bardem’s low voice or blocky physique begin to suggest Arnaz’s slender, boyish charm — or his own deft comic timing, with a gift for bug-eyed reaction shots that sometimes out-bugged his wife’s.

From Los Angeles Times