Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Of eyes: showing no liveliness.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of glaze.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Same as glassed.
- adj. Having a shiny surface or coating.
- adj. Lacking liveliness; -- used of eyes.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
- adj. fitted or covered with glass
- adj. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- adj. having a shiny surface or coating
Examples
“It was either May or June of 1986; and what he saw was what he called the glazed look.”
“After surviving the camp and the "death march" at the end of the war, Avey tried to tell the army about his experiences, but when he came up against what he called the "glazed eye syndrome," he gave up and kept silent for 60 years.”
“They were like fish, their shimmering skin glazed with saltwater.”
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“He turned to face the ark and the eternal light, and began to lead the crowd in prayer in Southern-glazed Hebrew.”
“His expression glazed as he considered this, and he fidgeted nervously.”
“High on the shrine wall, in glazed blue and white tiles, there was, as I supposed, a Koranic quotation.”
“The smell reminded Clary of home; she sat and looked at her glistening plate of noodles, toyed with her fork, and tried not to look at Simon, who was staring at Isabelle with an expression more glazed than the General Tsos Duckling.”
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“I outdid myself with an exotic dish called glazed apple daisy that involved packaged cinnamon rolls and chopped walnuts.”
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“Echoing your concerns about the guy factor, Brett … personally, I feel like my eyes kind of glazed over when I read the 81 words where Cara and Mist discussed what Cara would wear to the party.”
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“The action is a little meh on this one, to be honest - my eyes kind of glazed over - but since The Dark Knight my standards for action sequences have gone up astronomically.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘glazed’.
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some words ending in -zed
zed ending words
shmoozed, robotized, seized, reutilized, reseized, reglazed, realized, resized, razzed, pyrolized, quizzed, prologized and 845 more...
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bling
( open list, visual, light, descriptive )
more:
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even more:
sparkle, shine, gleam, glisten, shimmer, gloss, pearly, opalescent, iridescent, prismatic, multifaceted, glow and 35 more... -
gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1826 more...
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
Words from the new GRE : This list consists mostly of words from the book Magoosh-GRE-vocab-ebook, which is one of the best vocab materials available, especially if you have started preparing one ...
mulct, dupe, pittance, stipend, defray, cupidity, avarice, prodigal, profligate, affluent, insolvent, penurious and 533 more...
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A Dram Too Many
notanotherjazzpoet had a very promising list which appears to have petered out. Yes, tosspots: descriptions of being drunk. Walk five metres on the white line then leave your suggestions right here.
drunk, guttered, pissed, baked, three sails in th..., smashed, paralytic, out of your tree, hammered, bombed, glazed, blotto and 336 more...
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mkuo's Words
sigh, chum, clandestine, behemoth, paramour, leviathan, dollop, wastrel, pedantic, hankering, warble, lope and 317 more...
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mothertongue's Words
aviatrix, interrobang, ysprung, zaftig, aasvogel, glazed, unheimlich, chimera, diphthong, envermeil, humicubation, walleye and 4 more...
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urrbody in the club get...
plastered, hammered, shitfaced, blotto, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, crocked, flushed, wasted, totaled, soused and 22 more...
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meldoesgradschool's list
My first list... my favorite words...
delightful, sachet, twirl, loquacious, volubility, voracious, fanatical, veracity, vivacious, vivification, sparkle, marzipan and 65 more...
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