get misty
To get tears in someone's eyes; to feel sentimental.
misty
UK /ˈmɪsti/ US /ˈmɪsti/
adj 3name 2
Definitions
adj
1
Covered in mist; foggy.
It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!
2
Dim; vague; obscure.
a misty memory of his childhood
My remembrances of the place and its people are misty — all about it seem more like something I once saw in a dream, but whose characters time has effaced.
3
With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.
Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.
name
1
A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
2
A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
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