to mist over

Examples

• All

• His eyes mist over; he holds out his hands, beseeching.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Consuelo's eyes misted over.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "And the eyes begin misting over again.

  Fiction book (1993)

• My eyes had misted over, and my left leg was shaking uncontrollably.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Her eyes were large and intelligent and inclined, when she was excited or nervous, to mist over.

  Fiction book (2001)

• My eyes misted over.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Her eyes misted over as they often did when she spoke of her brother, an impoverished widower in Jamaica.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I'd read so many times, yet I'd move my finger along the printed lines in dread of what must come, my eyes misting over with tears.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Dr. Zorn, who had insisted upon serving as Luther's best man, chanced to look across the crowd to where Betsy was dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief, and he thought: I want to be sitting with her, and his own eyes misted over.

  Fiction book (1994)

• He tried to hold back his tears, but his eyes misted over during the heartfelt speech.

Synonyms

F

to fog up

vsto mist over

5 2.8

Get covered with small drops of water that make glass or mirrors hard to see through

is caused by internal tears and emotion not surface condensation

M

to mist

vsto mist over

3 3.1

To become covered with fine drops that make something less clear

involves tears and emotion rather than literal water on surfaces

H

to haze over

vsto mist over

5.3

Look less clear as if covered by a thin mist

is caused by eyes filling with tears from emotion rather than general blur

How Tearful

to sob

15 1.0

to cry

∞ 1.0

to mist over

1 5.9

to well up

23 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology