misty-eyed

1. 1.

   having eyes blurred as with tears

   “sad and misty-eyed”

   Similartearful

Questions about misty-eyed

What does misty-eyed mean?

misty-eyed means "having eyes blurred as with tears".

How many syllables are in misty-eyed?

misty-eyed has 2 syllables: mi-sty-eyed. The stress falls on "mi".

Is misty-eyed a common word?

misty-eyed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.