Usually means: Crying or nearly crying eyes.
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  1. teary-eyed: Merriam-Webster
  2. teary-eyed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. teary-eyed: Vocabulary.com
  4. Teary-eyed, teary-eyed: Wordnik
  5. teary-eyed: Wiktionary
  6. teary-eyed: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. teary-eyed: Dictionary.com
  8. teary-eyed: Rhymezone
  9. teary-eyed: FreeDictionary.org
  10. teary-eyed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. teary-eyed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (teary-eyed)

▸ adjective:  Having tears in one's eyes, as if from crying.

Similar:
tearful, teary, watery-eyed, watery, moist, dewy-eyed, tearlike, Misty, tearsome, cryey, more...

Opposite:
dry-eyed, unemotional, stoic

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Similar:
tearful, teary, watery-eyed, watery, moist, dewy-eyed, tearlike, Misty, tearsome, cryey, more...

Opposite:
dry-eyed, unemotional, stoic



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