glassy
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡlæs.i/
:
vidrioso
- I'm sorry, I saw your eyes, they got all glassy, like you were about to cry.
- glassy-eyed
- glassy eyes
Examples
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Her cheeks were dead pale, her eyes glassy, her breath coming fast and uneven.
Fiction book (1999) -
Its eyes were large, glassy, and desperate, as if it knew there was no escape.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now it is your eyes that are glassy.
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Why are your eyes so glassy?
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One of the men closes it, the blond with glassy blue eyes.
Academic text (2007) -
He looked no better than a dead man himself, with his glassy eyes.
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Sebastian's eyes were glassy, his face stretched into a wide, lazy grin.
Academic text (1995) -
You look glassy-eyed.
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And Gillian Perholt stared out of glassy eyes and heard her voice fail.
Fiction book (1994) -
After hours of studying, she stared at the test paper with glassy eyes, clearly overwhelmed.
Synonyms
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7.2
Not shiny and showing little energy or life
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3.8
It looks and feels like smooth clear glass
Eyes that look dull and show no feeling
Having eyes that look dull and do not show emotion
A thing that looks and feels like glass, smooth and shiny
Antonyms
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Glassy comes from glass and the ending -y, so it literally means 'like glass'. A glassy look for eyes is shiny like glass but without life, which explains why the word describes a dull, unresponsive stare.