Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glazed

/ɡleɪzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: glazed
IPA: /ɡleɪzd/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.

adj

Having a glaze (a coating).

adj

Having glass in the windows.

verb

simple past and past participle of glaze

noun

A glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate.

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: glassy-eyed, glassy"
"Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch."
"a glazed ham"
"a glazed doughnut"
"a shelter at the bus stop with glazed sides and rear"
"a glazed garden shed"

Usage

American usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

glazeds (plural)

Derived Forms

glazedly glazedness nonglazed semiglazed

Phrases

double-glazed glazed curd lead-glazed semi-glazed tin-glazed

Frequently Paired Words

glass glazer glazier glazing

Synonyms

glassy-eyed glassy glacé shiny glassed

Antonyms

unglazed nonglazed sharp-eyed clear-eyed lively sharp uncoated noncoated windowless unwindowed glassless unglassed

Rhymes With

raised praised amazed phased crazed dazed grazed blazed gazed razed appraised phrased

Questions

How do you pronounce glazed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡleɪzd/.
What does glazed mean?: Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.

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