rheumy C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈɹumi/ UK /ˈɹuːmi/ See IPA manual Freq #305653 Meanings 1 adj especially of the eyes, watery or affected by a mucous discharge The old horse watched through rheumy eyes. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · especially of the eyes,... waterybleary Word family Derived forms rheumilyrheuminess Related forms bleareyedbleary-eyedrheumaticrheumaticallyrheumatickyrheumatismrheumatismalrheumatiz Etymology From rheum + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rheumy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɹumi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɹuːmi/ **Frequency rank:** 305653 ## Meanings 1. especially of the eyes, watery or affected by a mucous discharge ## Examples - The old horse watched through rheumy eyes. ## Synonyms - watery - bleary ## Derived Forms - rheumily - rheuminess ## Related Forms - bleareyed - bleary-eyed - rheumatic - rheumatically - rheumaticky - rheumatism - rheumatismal - rheumatiz ## Etymology From rheum + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown