wide-eyed
adjective
Origin of wide-eyed
Related Words for wide-eyed
gullible, ignorant, innocuous, childlike, wide-eyed, innocent, simple, sincere, unsophisticated, good, decent, honest, clean, fresh, true, straightforward, naive, uninvolved, guileless, inexperiencedExamples from the Web for wide-eyed
Contemporary Examples of wide-eyed
His co-captain, Derrik Rose, once detailed, in wide-eyed wonderment, a single meal Joa put away.
The Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah Sounds Off on Weed, the Weather, and WinningBill Schulz
October 19, 2014
When a 16-year-old takes on that wide-eyed, touched-for-the-very-first-time role, it all comes off as a tad more…juvenile.
“I found the help I needed to be healthy,” says Mindi, a wide-eyed woman with a round face and a chatty affect.
The mug shots have gone viral: wide-eyed, scared-looking Megan Huntsman, 39.
Wide-eyed, he told me that I had to go look in the bathroom, there was a picture of Jason on the wall.
Historical Examples of wide-eyed
Mrs. Bines, stooping, took the limp and wide-eyed Paul up in her arms.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Morning found the man haggard and worn, wide-eyed from want of sleep.
White FangJack London
Bill stared in wide-eyed astonishment at the harsh injustice of the attack.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
“Her brother has come,” he announced to the wide-eyed Minna.
A Breath of Prairie and other storiesWill Lillibridge
Yet he lay there, wide-eyed, wondering, and tormenting himself.
People of PositionStanley Portal Hyatt