dewy-eyed
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈduːi aɪd/
- Informal
:
inocente
- There will be a dewy-eyed fourteen-year-old girl in the house where he finds shelter.
Examples
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The cops on duty listen raptly, getting maudlin and dewy-eyed.
Fiction book (1993) -
A dewy-eyed young lovely, wearing a snow bunny fur, a tiara, and a banner streamed across her chest that reads ICE PRINCESS, continues into her mic.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dewy-eyed little milkmaid got a little too close.
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Is this Obama addressing a group of dewy-eyed freshmen in Colorado?
Blog text (28) -
He realized he was reacting like a dewy-eyed schoolboy caught by his girl-loathing pals.
Fiction book (1999) -
The town's population stands—the men, stoic; the women, dewy-eyed, at patriotic attention.
Fiction book (1992) -
She watched the movie with a dewy-eyed innocence that reminded me of childhood.
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The little boy had a dewy-eyed look as he dreamt of adventures and magic.
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Listening to the old song made her feel dewy-eyed and nostalgic for simpler times.
Synonyms
312
4.1
Not experienced and too ready to trust others
44
7.7
Having childlike trust and little experience of life
36
3.7
Being innocent, trusting, and simple like a child
27
3.4
A person who has eyes open wide because they feel surprised or full of wonder
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4.8
Having large, open eyes that show surprise or childlike wonder
Antonyms
208
6.5
Not trusting people to have good intentions and expecting them to act for themselves
How Naive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dewy-eyed comes from dew ('small drops of water on plants in the morning') and eyed ('having eyes'), so it paints a picture of eyes that look fresh and a little wet like morning dew. That's why someone described as dewy-eyed seems 'innocent', 'naive', or gently 'emotional'.