bright-eyed

[brahyt-ahyd]

adjective

1. having bright eyes.

2. alertly eager.

bright-eyed

adjective

1. eager; fresh and enthusiastic

2. informal,  keen, confident, and alert

Word History and Origins

Origin of bright-eyed¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, alertly eager; full of energy and enthusiasm.

   Get a good night's sleep so you'll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning.

Example Sentences

“How easy it is to imagine you as you might have been some years ago, when these two strapping fellows were tiny boys in short pants...and baby Cassiopeia! If I close my eyes, I can just picture you as a bright-eyed infant, with scarlet hair that stood up like a plume in a lady’s hat.”

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My dad was filming, documenting the event, and I was just a sixth-grader, bright-eyed like, wow.

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Frank is the bright-eyed, mustachioed face of Christian music’s new wave: He has earned more than 1.2 billion on-demand streams in the U.S. in 2025, according to the data company Luminate.

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In conversation, the singer is easygoing and bright-eyed, fond of punctuating sentences with “Hell, yeah!” when she’s fired up.

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“I feel like we’re in one of those Sunday night dramas about two bright-eyed, feisty old lady detectives outsmarting the police at every turn.”

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Related Words

• active 
• athletic 
• fresh 
• healthful 
• hearty 
• lively 
• normal 
• robust 
• strong 
• tough 
• vigorous