1
: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
2
: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
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a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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It's all anchored by MacLachlan's wide-eyed appreciation of the region's Douglas firs, good coffee, and cherry pie—all dictated in great detail to his offscreen secretary, Diana.
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
An 1843 painting by the artist Margaret Gillies that went missing for more than a century depicts a young, wide-eyed Dickens.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Hearing and watching them up close allowed this wide-eyed, slack-jawed teenager to experience a veritable jazz hall of fame — live and in real time — with back-to-back performances by some of the genre’s most influential artists of the 20th century.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Yet Tracy turned out to be a perfect match for Ted’s earnestness, dad jokes, and wide-eyed romanticism.
—EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
An 1843 painting by the artist Margaret Gillies that went missing for more than a century depicts a young, wide-eyed Dickens.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Hearing and watching them up close allowed this wide-eyed, slack-jawed teenager to experience a veritable jazz hall of fame — live and in real time — with back-to-back performances by some of the genre’s most influential artists of the 20th century.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Yet Tracy turned out to be a perfect match for Ted’s earnestness, dad jokes, and wide-eyed romanticism.
—EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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