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misty-eyed Definition

misty-eyed (mis′tē īd′)

adjective

  1. having tears in the eyes because of strong feelings
  2. emotional, sentimental, dreamy, etc. a misty-eyed optimist
misty-eyed Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Let's not be too misty-eyed about this cyber revolution.
  • all: You can often see guitarists get all misty-eyed as they recall the great tones they got from their old MXR Flanger.
  • quite: I have to admit to getting quite misty-eyed when I got my copy of the book God bless Karl and his lens.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: This edition he " gets misty-eyed about the golden age of the train... .
  • go: Great Christmas DVDs Everyone has a favorite Christmas movie, one that makes you go misty-eyed.

Modifies a noun

  • nostalgia: Give a band a few months of hotels, tour busses and airport lounges, however, and cue the misty-eyed nostalgia.
  • memory: Gestures of goodwill cost nothing and, sadly, sometimes seem to be nothing but a misty-eyed memory.