goggly

Examples

• All

• And I've got funny goggly eyes.

  Notting Hill (1999)

• Torpedos with flippers and goggly eyes nursing pups on the beach?

  Fiction book (2001)

• It doesn't matter whether you think of magic as a potent metaphor, as a notion of reality to be taken literally, or as a willed self-delusion by goggly losers and New Age housewives.

  Blog text (22)

• When she saw the unexpected gift, her expression turned goggly, as if she couldn't believe her eyes.

• The cartoon character is known for his goggly eyes that pop out in surprise during funny situations.

Synonyms

W

wide-eyed

vsgoggly

27 3.4

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

is less about bulging and more about openness and innocence

G

googly

vsgoggly

• Informal

7 8.4

Having large, round eyes that move and look funny

is more playful or silly in tone than a plain bulging look

B

bug-eye

vsgoggly

4 7.5

Having big eyes that stick out and look surprised

is similar but often used as a compound or hyphenated form

G

goggle-eyed

vsgoggly

1 7.6

Having eyes wide open because you feel surprised or amazed

is the same idea but is a common variant form

R

round-eyed

vsgoggly

1 4.8

Having large, open eyes that show surprise or childlike wonder

focuses on roundness and wonder rather than protruding eyes

S

saucer-eyed

vsgoggly

1 7.2

Having very large round eyes that show surprise

is similar but stresses the round, saucer-like shape

B

begoggled

vsgoggly

• Archaic

9.6

Having wide, staring eyes that show surprise

is similar but highlights the sense of being amazed

P

popeyed

vsgoggly

8.6

Having very wide eyes because you are surprised

is the same bulging look but may be more colloquial

B

bugeye

vsgoggly

7.9

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

emphasizes insect likeness rather than plain surprise

A

agaze

vsgoggly

• Archaic

9.9

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

focuses on fixed attention rather than bulging appearance

S

staring

vsgoggly

1.8

Someone's eyes are wide open and fixed on one thing, often from fear or surprise

highlights fixed gaze and focus rather than protruding eyes

S

starting

vsgoggly

7.5

Having eyes wide and sticking out because of fear or surprise

is similar but the term is rarer or more specialised in use

B

bogeyed

vsgoggly

• Archaic

9.9

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

adds a scary or unnatural quality beyond plain surprise

How Wide-Eyed

bug-eye

4 7.5

starting

7.5

goggly

• Informal

1 8.1

wide-eyed

27 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology