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dry-eyed

dry-eyed adjective: not having shed tears.

Adjective

dry-eyed (not comparable)

  1. Not having shed tears.
  2. (broadly) Not made sad (by something); emotionally unaffected.

Questions about dry-eyed

What does dry-eyed mean?
Dry-eyed means not having shed tears.
What part of speech is dry-eyed?
Dry-eyed is an adjective.

Words near dry-eyed in the dictionary

  1. dry-cures
  2. dry-curing
  3. dry-dock
  4. dry-docks
  5. dry-erase
  6. dry-eyed
  7. dry-fire
  8. dry-fired
  9. dry-fires
  10. dry-firing
  11. dry-fisted

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