starry-eyed
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˈstɑːri aɪd/
- Informal
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- After watching the inspiring movie, she felt starry-eyed about her future and all the possibilities ahead.
- starry-eyed idealists
- starry-eyed lovers
- starry-eyed young
Are you at the beginning or you're just kind of new to the world and excited, starry eyed?
- Are you at the beginning or you're just kind of new to the world and excited, starry eyed?
Examples
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Likewise, Joel, newly promoted captain and perpetually starry-eyed honeymooner, had been anxious to get back home to his new wife, Tawny.
Blog text (17) -
And all because a few starry-eyed dreamers like Peter Bailey stir them up and fill their heads with a lot of impossible ideas.
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And as for my career, nothing will ever make me starry-eyed about my business.
Fiction book (2000) -
Why am I so starry-eyed?
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Every kid in the room besides Seth is completely starry-eyed at this point.
Fiction book (2000) -
Johnny was waiting for me outside the dressing room door, still looking rather starry-eyed.
Fiction book (1997) -
Make the data work for you, but don't get starry-eyed about Big Data.
Blog text (15) -
Kevin isn't a starry-eyed business owner.
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Scientists need to acknowledge real-world obstacles rather than behave like starry-eyed idealists.
Blog text (2) -
Many young entrepreneurs are often starry-eyed, believing their startup will change the world overnight.
Synonyms
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Expecting good things in the future
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7.9
Having ideas about a perfect world that are impossible to make real
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5.6
A view that is too hopeful and ignores problems
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5.1
Expecting only very good results that are unlikely to happen
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9.9
Very optimistic in a way that ignores real problems
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8.0
Having very extreme ideas or plans that are unlikely to work
Being very hopeful even when things seem bad
Being too hopeful about things and not seeing clear problems
Antonyms
How Idealistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word starry-eyed comes from the picture of someone whose starry eyes look up at the stars, full of wonder and dreams. So a starry-eyed person is 'unrealistically hopeful' or too romantic about what will happen.