If you describe someone's eyes as glazed, you mean that their expression is dull or dreamy, usually because they are tired or are having difficulty concentrating on something.
Doctors with glazed eyes sat in front of a television set.
There was a glazed look in her eyes.
Synonyms: expressionless, cold, fixed, empty More Synonyms of glazed
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Glazed pottery is covered with a thin layer of a hard shiny substance.
3. adjective
A glazed window or door has glass in it.
Examples of 'glazed' in a sentence
glazed
Her eyes were glazed, unfocused, trying to peer into a distant past which now seemed to be lost for ever.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (2002)
A pale green glazed plate -- Chinese; the kitchen wall was not where she would have hung it.
Salley Vickers INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3 (2002)
Here, there was a square of red glazed quarry tiles extending out beyond the patio doors.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
In other languages
glazed
British English: glazed ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone's eyes as glazed, you mean that their expression is dull or dreamy, usually because they are tired or are having difficulty concentrating on something.
Police said he had slurred speech, glazed eyes, and was unsteady on his feet.
American English: glazed
Brazilian Portuguese: vidrado
Chinese: 呆滞的
European Spanish: vidrioso
French: vitreux
German: glasig
Italian: vitreo
Japanese: うつろな
Korean: > 흐리멍텅한눈이
European Portuguese: vidrado
Latin American Spanish: vidrioso
All related terms of 'glazed'
glaze
A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven .
double-glazed
(of a window ) having two panes of glass
glaze over
If your eyes glaze over , they become dull and lose all expression , usually because you are bored or are thinking about something else.
double-glaze
If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter .
glaze ice
a thin clear layer of ice caused by the freezing of rain or water droplets in the air on impact with a cool surface or by refreezing after a thaw
silver frost
a thin clear layer of ice caused by the freezing of rain or water droplets in the air on impact with a cool surface or by refreezing after a thaw
(adjective)
She sat in front of the television with glazed eyes.