glaze over

verb

To become unfocused, as if through boredom.

“An important issue that is often glazed over.”

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Meanings

verbglaze over (third-person singular simple present glazes over, present participle glazing over, simple past and past participle glazed over)

present singular third person glazes over · participle present glazing over · participle past glazed over · past glazed over

  1. intransitiveTo become unfocused, as if through boredom.

    Someone's eyes may glaze over before or during a seizure.

  2. intransitiveTo form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.
  3. proscribedtransitiveviewed as catachresticTo gloss over.

    An important issue that is often glazed over.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbecome glassy; lose clear vision

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film overblur
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verbbecome glassy or take on a glass-like appearance

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glazeglassglass over
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Also see
blurglassglazeglaze up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

glaze over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaze%20over

MLA

“glaze over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaze%20over. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glaze over,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glaze%20over.

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