bug-eyed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bug-eyed
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In 1951 there arrived in Cambridge, as Mr. Cobb describes him, “a tall, thin, bug-eyed American called Jim Watson,” who began collaborating with Crick on the problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
We watched, bug-eyed, with another couple who turned out to be then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
But his unwillingness to be a bug-eyed lunatic has hurt his fundraising numbers.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
Richard Dormer is given a cameo in which the bug-eyed intensity he brought to “Fortitude” and “The Watch” gives a comic twist to some obligatory exposition.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
She found herself pushed inside, where the noise was much less, crowded into the back with three others in bug-eyed masks.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
