glassy-eyed
[glas-ee-ahyd, glah-see-]
- having a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly.
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Origin of glassy-eyed
First recorded in 1890–95
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muddled, bewildered, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, perturbed, befuddled, dazed, disorganized, baffled, thrown, gone, abashed, addled, disconcerted, discombobulated, stumped, misled, flummoxed, nonplussedExamples from the Web for glassy-eyed
Historical Examples
I had a positive abhorrence for the painted, bedizened, dead-faced, glassy-eyed Egeria of Peter Ivanovitch.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
And just then Jane Hubbard came downstairs, shepherding before her a pale and glassy-eyed Bream.
The Girl on the BoatPelham Grenville Wodehouse
Down through emptiness they fell together, Burl glassy-eyed with panic.
The Forgotten PlanetMurray Leinster
I lay there and looked sort of glassy-eyed, as if I was awake, but kinda hypnotized, you know.
The Room with the TasselsCarolyn Wells
He sat there a moment, glassy-eyed, then rose with a trembling effort and groped aft to the cabin.
CaybiganJames Hopper