dry eye

noun

An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.

“There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.”

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Meanings

noundry eye (countable and uncountable, plural dry eyes)

plural dry eyes

  1. uncountableAn eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
  2. countableAn eye which is affected by this disease.
  3. countableidiomaticuncountableAn eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.

    There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dry eye syndrome
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APA

dry eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20eye

MLA

“dry eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20eye.

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