wide-eyed
[wahyd-ahyd]
- with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.
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Origin of wide-eyed
First recorded in 1850–55
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Contemporary Examples
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
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
wide-eyed
- innocent or credulous
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