dry-eyedadjective
uk/ˌdraɪˈaɪd/us/ˌdraɪˈaɪd/If someone is dry-eyed, that person is not crying, especially in a situation in which you might expect them to be crying:
She accused me of being unfeeling because I left the cinema dry-eyed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weeping and crying
- bawl
- bucket
- burst
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears
- crumple
- cry
- dissolve
- flood
- lachrymose
- mist
- mist (sth) over/up
- misty-eyed
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- sniffle
- snivel
- snuffle
- tear 1
- weepy
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