# glazed

/ˈɡɫeɪzd/ (US) · /ɡlˈeɪzd/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Adjective

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/glazed
Updated: 2026-05-06

## Definition

covered with a thin, smooth, and shiny coating. You use this to describe food like donuts or eyes that look tired and empty.

For teachers: covered with a vitreous or glossy coating; also describes eyes that have become dull or expressionless due to fatigue or boredom. Often used as a participial adjective following a linking verb.

## Examples

- The fresh donuts are glazed with sweet sugar.
- After three hours of the technical lecture, most of the students had glazed eyes and were barely listening.
- The architect specified that the ceramic tiles be heavily glazed to reflect the natural light coming through the atrium's glass ceiling.

## Usage notes

- Often appears as a participial adjective; when describing eyes, it is frequently followed by the preposition 'over'.

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