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Definition of misty-eyed
misty-eyed 
adjective
- with tears in one's eyes.
That movie made me a little misty-eyed.
- See more words with the same meaning: to cry.
Last edited on Jan 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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| Definitions include: to cry, especially for effect. | |
| Definitions include: crying. | |
| Definitions include: to cry loudly. | |
| Definitions include: to be really troubled with something, to the point of crying. | |
| Definitions include: onomatopoeia for the sound of a person crying. | |
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| Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others. | |
| Definitions include: to conspicuously notice. | |
| Definitions include: a person's favorite person. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: having extremely large eyes. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of clothing style has. | |
| Definitions include: attractive. | |
| Definitions include: to look at. | |
| Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive person. | |
| Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive person. | |
| Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound". | |
| Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at. | |
| Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at. | |
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