glassy-eyed

adjective

ˈgla-sē-ˌīd 

: marked by or having glassy eyes

Examples of glassy-eyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When the curtain went up, Valencia spent the first several minutes overcome by emotion, glassy-eyed and weeping. — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Now, rather than entertaining a group of a dozen or so glassy-eyed onlookers at Lawrence’s, Marty was performing for packed stadiums. — Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025

There were plenty of glassy-eyed, thousand-yard stares in the visitors locker room at American Airlines Center after the Colorado Avalanche yielded a two-goal lead in the final 13 minutes in a 4-2 loss to the rival Stars. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for glassy-eyed

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