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adjective
- 1. having one's eyes wide open as a result of surprise, fear, etc. Similar
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WIDE-EYED definition: 1. having your eyes open much wider than usual 2. too willing to believe and admire what you see or…. Learn more.
The meaning of WIDE-EYED is having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive. How to use wide-eyed in a sentence.
If you describe someone as wide-eyed, you mean that they are inexperienced and innocent, and may be easily impressed.
WIDE-EYED meaning: 1. having your eyes open much wider than usual 2. too willing to believe and admire what you see or…. Learn more.
1. naive, green, trusting, credulous, simple, innocent, impressionable, unsophisticated, ingenuous, wet behind the ears (informal), unsuspicious, as green as grass He told tall stories to a wide-eyed group of tourists.
Wide-eyed definition: with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.. See examples of WIDE-EYED used in a sentence.
Synonyms for WIDE-EYED: naive, innocent, inexperienced, simple, naïve, immature, primitive, uncritical; Antonyms of WIDE-EYED: experienced, sophisticated, worldly, cynical, incredulous, cosmopolitan, skeptical, knowing.
Definition of wide-eyed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
WIDE-EYED definition: with your eyes completely open because of surprise, fear, happiness, etc: . Learn more.
Definitions of wide-eyed. adjective. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple. naif, naive. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. adjective. (used of eyes) fully open or extended. synonyms: wide.
