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Watery-eyed   /wˈɔtəri-aɪd/   Listen
Watery-eyed

adjective
1.
With eyes full of tears.  Synonyms: teary, teary-eyed.





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"Watery-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... large enough to comfortably hold the six maroon leather sofas scattered here and there on the pale green carpet, flanked by bronze ashtray stands. There were only six prospectors here at the moment, chatting together in two groups of three, and they all looked alike. Grizzled, ageless, watery-eyed, their clothing clean but baggy. I passed them and went on to the desk at the far end, behind which sat a young man in official gray, slowly turning the crank of ...
— The Risk Profession • Donald Edwin Westlake
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... addressed—a slight-built man of about thirty, black-bearded and bronzed to the semblance of healthy vigor, but watery-eyed and unsteady of movement—came down from the rail and shambled forward with his bucket. As he reached the group of ladies to whom the boatswain had spoken, his gaze rested on one—a sunny-haired young woman with the blue of the sea in her eyes—who had arisen at his approach. He started, ...
— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson
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