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    dewy-eyed

    adjective

    • 1. having eyes that are moist with tears (used typically to indicate that a person is nostalgic, naive, or sentimental): "she gets slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her family"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEWY-EYED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Dewy-eyed means having eyes that are wet with tears because you feel emotional, or not knowing about unpleasant things and having no experience of life. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences.

    • English (US)

      DEWY-EYED meaning: 1. having eyes that are wet with tears...

    • Polski

      dewy-eyed definicja: 1. having eyes that are wet with tears...

    • Dewy-Eyed in Simplified Chinese

      DEWY-EYED translate: 闪着泪花的，含泪的，眼睛湿润的, 不谙世事的，天真的，纯真的. Learn...

    • Translate to Traditional Chinese

      dewy-eyed translate: 閃著淚花的，含淚的，眼睛濕潤的, 不諳世事的，天真的，純真的. Learn...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dewy-eyedDewy-eyed Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Dewy-eyed means naively innocent and trusting, as in a dewy-eyed optimist. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, and examples of dewy-eyed in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEWY-EYED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Dewy-eyed means having eyes that are wet with tears because you feel emotional, or not knowing about unpleasant things and having no experience of life. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › dewy-eyedDEWY-EYED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Dewy-eyed definition: romantically naive or credulous; sentimental, innocent, and trusting. See examples of DEWY-EYED used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDEWY-EYED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone is dewy-eyed, you are criticizing them because you think that they are unrealistic and think events and situations are better than they really are.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › dewy-eyeddewy-eyed adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    showing emotion about something, perhaps with a few tears in the eyes synonym sentimental. She gets slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her early days in show business.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dewy-eyedDewy-eyed - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of dewy-eyed. adjective. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. “ dewy-eyed innocence”. synonyms: childlike, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed. naif, naive. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.