bug-eye

Examples

• All

• So I put on my best bedroom look, all sappy with smiles and bug-eyed with feigned desire.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It's the kind that makes you picture a movie scene with some crazy-looking dude, wrapped in sheets, all sweaty and bug-eyed.

  Fiction book (2002)

• " The lady occasionally lets me lay with her," I said, and he walked off looking bug-eyed.

  Fiction book (1996)

• " On the package is a bug-eyed cartoon boy blowing a pink bubble bigger than his head.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I was appalled, frightened, excited, and bug-eyed at the black sheets on his bed.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I had a transparency of an old Finley painting of a classic "bug-eyed monster."

  Fiction book (1999)

• And Malcolm is a little bug-eyed as he nudges.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The goldfish lurched around inside, bug-eyed.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The sweaty bandsmen followed, bug-eyed and tootling.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The child looked bug-eyed when he saw the giant cake at the party.

Synonyms

W

wide-eyed

vsbug-eye

27 3.4

A person who has eyes open wide because they feel surprised or full of wonder

leans more toward a startled or surprised visual effect

G

googly

vsbug-eye

• Informal

7 8.4

Having large, round eyes that move and look funny

is similar but is more neutral and less playful in tone

G

goggle-eyed

vsbug-eye

1 7.6

Having eyes wide open because you feel surprised or amazed

is similar but can describe wide eyes without strong emotion

G

goggly

vsbug-eye

• Informal

1 8.1

Having very large eyes that look surprised

is similar but focuses more on a general startled appearance

S

saucer-eyed

vsbug-eye

1 7.2

Having very large round eyes that show surprise

is similar but can emphasise a sharper, startled appearance

R

round-eyed

vsbug-eye

1 4.8

Having large, open eyes that show surprise or childlike wonder

focuses more on surprise or a startled look rather than innocence

E

exophthalmic

vsbug-eye

• Specialized

1 9.9

The eyes stick out from the face because of a disease

is a general visual description, not a medical condition

B

bugeye

vsbug-eye

7.9

A person or animal that has very large, round eyes that stick out

is the same meaning but is often written with a hyphen

B

begoggled

vsbug-eye

• Archaic

9.6

Having wide, staring eyes that show surprise

describes the same look but with broader startled or surprised use

P

popeyed

vsbug-eye

8.6

Having very wide eyes because you are surprised

is similar but can also imply a plain startled look

A

agaze

vsbug-eye

• Archaic

9.9

Having eyes wide open and fixed, often from fear or wonder

is used more for a visible startled or surprised facial look

B

bogeyed

vsbug-eye

• Archaic

9.9

Having eyes that look strange and frightening like a monster's

is similar in size but is more neutral and less scary

Antonyms

S

sleepy-eyed

1 4.0

Having eyes that look tired and like you want to close them

How Surprised

astonished

21 2.7

surprised

357 1.0

bug-eye

4 7.5

startled

3.3

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology