watery-eyed

1. 1.

   with eyes full of tears

   Synonymstearyteary-eyed

   Similartearful

Questions about watery-eyed

What does watery-eyed mean?

watery-eyed means "with eyes full of tears".

How many syllables are in watery-eyed?

watery-eyed has 3 syllables and divides as wa-te-ry-eyed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for watery-eyed?

Close synonyms include teary, teary-eyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.