Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the eyes blurred, as with tears.
- adjective Having a sentimental or dreamy quality.
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- adjective having eyes blurred as with tears
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Examples
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
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But without the war, conservatives would still have a country to get misty-eyed over - it would just be Britain instead of America.
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Maybe that speech was written, misty-eyed, after spending 30 hours straight reading Robert Frost poems, and he might even have rewarded himself with a big dose of Librium and bed ....
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Jeff: I got misty-eyed twice: when Claire gave birth again, and when Sawyer and Juliet were reunited.
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In one break it appeared alongside my current bete noire, the one where a fortyish chap, with a look on his face that I suspect is intended to be misty-eyed romanticism, talks about how instead of doing the weekly shop he would rather be watching the waves break on the shore, or walking with his lovely wife and kids in the park, or be in bed making love to his lovely wife.
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A sympathetic, though not misty-eyed, history of the fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last emperor of India's Mughal dynasty.
Stromata Blog: 2010
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