Definition of "misty-eyed" []

• Having the eyes blurred, as with tears. (adjective)
• Having a sentimental or dreamy quality: a misty-eyed view of the past. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Jeff: I got misty-eyed twice: when Claire gave birth again, and when Sawyer and Juliet were reunited."
• "Maybe that speech was written, misty-eyed, after spending 30 hours straight reading Robert Frost poems, and he might even have rewarded himself with a big dose of Librium and bed ...."
• "In one break it appeared alongside my current bete noire, the one where a fortyish chap, with a look on his face that I suspect is intended to be misty-eyed romanticism, talks about how instead of doing the weekly shop he would rather be watching the waves break on the shore, or walking with his lovely wife and kids in the park, or be in bed making love to his lovely wife."