Usually means: Tearful due to emotion, nostalgia.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word misty-eyed:

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  1. misty-eyed: Merriam-Webster
  2. misty-eyed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misty-eyed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. misty-eyed, misty-eyed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. misty-eyed: Wordnik
  6. misty-eyed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. misty-eyed: Wiktionary
  8. misty-eyed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. misty-eyed: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. misty-eyed: Dictionary.com
  11. misty-eyed: Rhymezone
  12. misty-eyed: FreeDictionary.org
  13. misty-eyed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. misty-eyed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. misty-eyed: Vocabulary.com

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▸ adjective:  Synonym of dewy-eyed

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tearful, Misty, dew-eyed, dewy-eyed, bedewy, moist, bedewed, dewy, boggle-eyed, mope-eyed, more...

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tearful, Misty, dew-eyed, dewy-eyed, bedewy, moist, bedewed, dewy, boggle-eyed, mope-eyed, more...



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