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
Examples of wide-eyed in a Sentence
a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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To a wide-eyed visitor like myself, there was something that felt both rebellious and inevitable about Blodget’s operation.
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Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Now his son watched in wide-eyed disbelief as agents quickly shuffled him to a service elevator — and he was gone.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Still, this sympathetic love letter to teenage misfits everywhere wouldn't work without Spacek's wide-eyed vulnerability and King's deep understanding of the humiliations of adolescence and popularity that every teen knows all too well.
—EW.com, 23 May 2025
She was fascinated by Akasha’s preternatural confidence, his wealth, and his wide-eyed appetite for adventure.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Now his son watched in wide-eyed disbelief as agents quickly shuffled him to a service elevator — and he was gone.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Still, this sympathetic love letter to teenage misfits everywhere wouldn't work without Spacek's wide-eyed vulnerability and King's deep understanding of the humiliations of adolescence and popularity that every teen knows all too well.
—EW.com, 23 May 2025
She was fascinated by Akasha’s preternatural confidence, his wealth, and his wide-eyed appetite for adventure.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wide-eyed
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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