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[ glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see- ] / ˈglæs iˌaɪd, ˈglɑ si- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR glassy-eyed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly. Origin of glassy-eyedFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby glassy-eyedglassworm, glasswort, glassy, glassy alloy, glassy degeneration, glassy-eyed, glassy membrane, Glastonbury, Glastonbury chair, Glaswegian, glatt kosher Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glassy-eyedI had a positive abhorrence for the painted, bedizened, dead-faced, glassy-eyed Egeria of Peter Ivanovitch. Under Western Eyes|Joseph Conrad He sat there a moment, glassy-eyed, then rose with a trembling effort and groped aft to the cabin. Down through emptiness they fell together, Burl glassy-eyed with panic. The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster And just then Jane Hubbard came downstairs, shepherding before her a pale and glassy-eyed Bream. The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Words related to glassy-eyedmuddled, bewildered, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, perturbed, befuddled, dazed, disorganized, baffled, thrown, gone, abashed, addled, disconcerted, discombobulated, stumped, misled, flummoxed, nonplussed |