glazed look
Eyes gone distant
A glazed look is an unfocused, blank expression suggesting the person isn't mentally present—bored, exhausted, overwhelmed, or intoxicated.
The eyes appear dull and fixed, like glazed pottery with its shiny coating: Halfway through the lecture, students had that glazed look.
Also glazed expression, glazed eyes.
- distantFar away or aloof
- vacantWithout an occupant
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- zoned outMentally checked out
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
blank · dazed · spaced-out · spacing out · dreamy · lost in thought · faraway · miles away · trance · zoned · checked out · hollow · dead eyes · empty · glassy · expressionless · absent · not all there
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- incomprehensionconfusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, perplexity, bafflement
- blank expressionspoker face, blank stare, deadpan, expressionless, stone face
- eye movementsgaze, blink, stare, glance, squint
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- autopilot modeautopilot, automatic, unconscious, subconscious, instinctively