wild-eyed

American  

[wahyld-ahyd] / ˈwaɪldˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having an angry, insane, or distressed expression in the eyes.

2. extremely irrational, senseless, or radical.

   a wild-eyed scheme.

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wild-eyed British  

adjective

1. glaring in an angry, distracted, or wild manner

2. ill-conceived or totally impracticable

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Etymology

Origin of wild-eyed

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.

From Los Angeles Times

A wild-eyed girl whose skull was weirdly plastered with yellow clay to give it the roughness of oak bark.

From Literature

Christopher had expected her to be many things, but not so bitterly, wild-eyed angry.

From Literature

I shot a look over at Aunt Kitty in her flouncy blue gown, laughing and talking at the center of her own circle of wild-eyed Southern hospitality.

From Literature

Looking at long-term charts of silver can be very sobering, and wild-eyed internet gurus, heavy on dark conspiracism with proclamations of $10,000 silver, are hardly reassuring.

From MarketWatch

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