(disapproving) showing emotion about sth, perhaps with a few tears in the eyes
SYNSENTIMENTAL:
She gets slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her early days in show business.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of dewy-eyed come from?
This entry for dewy-eyed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is dewy-eyed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dewy-eyed is tagged as adjective.
Does dewy-eyed appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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