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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Other terms relating to 'to cry':
turn on the waterworks	Definitions include: to cry, especially for effect.
waterworks, the	Definitions include: crying.
bawl	Definitions include: to cry loudly.
break up	Definitions include: to be really troubled with something, to the point of crying.
boo hoo	Definitions include: onomatopoeia for the sound of a person crying.

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Other terms relating to 'eye':
an eye for the laddies	Definitions include: attracted to young males.
apple of (one's) eye	Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
brown eye	Definitions include: the anus.
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bum's eye	Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of style has.
easy on the eyes	Definitions include: attractive.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
eye-bang	Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully.
eye broccoli	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
eyebrowsing	Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset.
eye candy	Definitions include: an attractive person.
eye crusty	Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound".
eye-f*ck	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
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