doe-eyed

[ doh-ahyd ]

adjective
  1. having large, innocent-looking, dark eyes.

  2. naive; too ready to believe.

Origin of doe-eyed

1
First recorded in 1930–35; doe + eyed

Words Nearby doe-eyed

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How to use doe-eyed in a sentence

  • Its brightness showed the dewy roundness, towsled with perplexity, of a doe-eyed girl of Ellen's age.

    The Judge | Rebecca West
  • As a preliminary he leads a group of wide-eared, doe-eyed victims to the rim of the Cañon.

    Roughing it De Luxe | Irvin S. Cobb
  • One poor doe-eyed creature crouched to press his forehead twenty times at least on the stone floor of the church.

    Woman as Decoration | Emily Burbank