- dry-eyed
- adjective Date: 1667 1. not moved to tears or to empathy 2. marked by the absence of sentimentalism or romanticism
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dry-eyed
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Dry-eyed — a. Not having tears in the eyes. Opposite of {tearful}. Syn: tearless. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry-eyed — adj not crying … Dictionary of contemporary English
dry-eyed — [ ,draı aıd ] adjective not crying, although you are in a very sad situation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dry-eyed — dry′ eyed adj. not weeping; unmoved • Etymology: 1660–70 … From formal English to slang
dry-eyed — [drī′īd΄] adj. not weeping; shedding no tears … English World dictionary
dry-eyed — adjective free from tears (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tearless • Ant: ↑tearful (for: ↑tearless) • Similar to: ↑dry * * * … Useful english dictionary
dry-eyed — ADJ If you say that someone is dry eyed, you mean that although they are in a very sad situation they are not actually crying. At the funeral he held her hand, but she was dry eyed, composed, for tears achieved nothing. Ant: tearful … English dictionary
dry-eyed — /draɪ ˈaɪd/ (say druy uyd) adjective not crying, especially in a situation in which one might be expected to cry: to remain dry eyed throughout a sad movie …
dry-eyed — adjective Not having shed tears. Sometimes implies not made sad (by something) . See Also: dry eye … Wiktionary
dry-eyed — /druy uyd /, adj. not weeping; unmoved. [1660 70] * * * … Universalium
