Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal, sarcastic)To get tears in someone's eyes; to feel sentimental.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The old man got misty-eyed.

    deDer alte Mann bekam feuchte Augen. — Yorwba

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Forms

gets misty, getting misty, got misty, gotten misty
Base formget misty · to get misty
3rd person singulargets misty
Present participlegetting misty
Past simplegot misty
Past participlegotten misty / got misty

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget misty
he, she, itgets misty

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot misty

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gotten misty
he, she, ithas gotten misty

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get misty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
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