dewy-eyed

adjective

ˈdü-ē-ˌīd How to pronounce dewy-eyed (audio)
Definition of dewy-eyednext
1
as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment dewy-eyed newlyweds who had yet to experience the trials and tribulations of married life

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2
as in susceptible
readily taken advantage of perpetrators of the fraud lured in dewy-eyed investors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewy-eyed
  1. naive
  2. susceptible
  3. innocent
  4. easy
  5. simple
  6. wide-eyed
  7. gullible
Adjective
  • By my naive estimation, our home sat at least three blocks south of the street no wildfire could realistically cross in any event other than the biblical apocalypse.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Zelensky called it naive to say Putin wants to finish the war, and urged Trump to demonstrate strength in any talks with the Russian leader.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of naive
Adjective
  • Consequently, consumers endure the worst of both worlds: a commodity that is susceptible to rapid price increases, lacking the infrastructure to reduce prices during periods of overproduction, all while relying on an emissions-intensive delivery system.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Injuries happen in the NHL all the time, but some roles and positions are more susceptible to them.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of susceptible
Adjective
  • What does that have to do with innocent bystander Zac Efron?
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
  • They have been used before in crowded city centers in Europe to take innocent lives and spread fear.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of innocent
Adjective
  • The tune still reaches millions of people every week—maybe every day—and its unending popularity is easy to see by looking at the U.K. musical rankings.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Woman Surprises Sister with a Gift That Makes Her Cry at Her Engagement Party: 'Absolutely in Shock' (Exclusive) What wasn't as easy was the cross-country trip Frances had to take in order to attend the wedding.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of easy
Adjective
  • My top answer is a simple and no-brainer recommendation: Wash your hands with soap and water.
    Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Keep your indoor money tree healthy and lush with these simple pruning tips.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of simple
Adjective
  • While Grande embraced the wide-eyed ingenue archetype during the Wicked press tour, her references to Hepburn have become much more overt.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And this also happens to be the day that the trauma center welcomes a new class of interns and residents, filling the ER with wide-eyed neophytes like Wyle’s John Carter was in the pilot for ER.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of wide-eyed
Adjective
  • He's lost two sets of parents and has to keep his useless adoptive brother alive and journey to Mele, a mystical place that is believed to be a paradise that many think is just a fairytale told to gullible lion cubs.
    Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome.
    Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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dewy

dewy-eyed

dexterity

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