dry-eyed adj

dry-eyed adj
[ˌdraɪ'aɪd]

she remained dry-eyed throughout the funeral — non ha pianto per tutto il funerale


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  • dry-eyed — adj not crying …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dry-eyed — dry′ eyed adj. not weeping; unmoved • Etymology: 1660–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • dry-eyed — ADJ If you say that someone is dry eyed, you mean that although they are in a very sad situation they are not actually crying. At the funeral he held her hand, but she was dry eyed, composed, for tears achieved nothing. Ant: tearful …   English dictionary

  • dry-eyed — [drī′īd΄] adj. not weeping; shedding no tears …   English World dictionary

  • dry-eyed — adjective free from tears (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tearless • Ant: ↑tearful (for: ↑tearless) • Similar to: ↑dry * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • dry-eyed — /druy uyd /, adj. not weeping; unmoved. [1660 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • unmoved — adj 1. unaffected, untouched, undisturbed, unstirred, dry eyed, unsympathetic; unimpressed, unconcerned, indifferent, uncaring, apathetic; cool, aloof, distant, removed; stoical, stolid, impassive, unfeeling, unemotional, cold hearted, cold, icy …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • untouched — adj 1. unhandled; untouched by human hands. 2. unexplored, unvisited, undiscovered, unknown, unmapped, uncharted. & uneaten, undrunk, unsampled, untasted; uncon sumed, unused, left over. 4. unchanged, pristine, natural, as God intended, as nature …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • unmoved — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unaffected, impassive, unsympathetic, etc.; unconvinced, firm, unwavering, unshaken, steadfast. See insensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not moved physically] Syn. firm, stable, motionless,… …   English dictionary for students

  • deadly — adj 1. fatal, mortal, lethal, mortiferous, deathful, Archaic. lethiferous; pernicious, dangerous, hazardous, deleterious, detrimental; harmful, injurious, nocuous, hurtful, nocent, baleful, noisome; destructive, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • pedantic — adj 1.(all in reference to one s learning) pretentious, show offish, ostentatious, pompous, haughty, vain, conceited; pedagoguish, scholastic, pe dantical; professorial, didactic, preachy; dogmatic, pragmatic, opinionated, bigoted. 2. punctilious …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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