starry-eyed

[ stahr-ee-ahyd ]

/ ˈstɑr iˌaɪd /

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adjective

overly romantic or idealistic: He was a starry-eyed dreamer.

Nearby words

starr, starred, starry, starry grasswort, starry night, the, starry-eyed, stars and bars, stars and stripes, stars in one's eyes, have, starship, starstruck

Origin of starry-eyed

First recorded in 1900–05

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It will swiftly become clear that there is no room in this starry-eyed arrangement for a compact with Washington.
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“If we can do it, anyone can,” Herjavec said, as starry-eyed as the young entrepreneurs who seek his council, and his coin.
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Who knew that professional cynic Bill Maher was such a starry-eyed idealist?
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He depicts Jobs as both a wildly ambitious businessman and a starry-eyed idealist.
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Meg looked at it, starry-eyed as she might had she seen a ghost.
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He learned soon enough from the glowing, starry-eyed Sarah Haddon and from every one connected with the play.
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So it was that the little girl flushed, starry-eyed, appeared with her mother a little later.
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One wonders what connection this starry-eyed flower could have had with these prehistoric races.
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A starry-eyed girl stood and bowed her acknowledgment and agreed to speak again.
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British Dictionary definitions for starry-eyed

starry-eyed

adjective

given to naive wishes, judgments, etc; full of unsophisticated optimism; gullible

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starry-eyed

adjective

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starry-eyed

adjective