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dewy-eyed

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dew·y-eyed (d-d, dy-)
adj.
Innocent; naive.
dewy-eyed
adj
naive, innocent, or trusting, esp in a romantic or childlike way
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dewy-eyed - exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
round-eyed, wide-eyed, childlike, simple
naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
Translations
dewy-eyed [ˈdjuːɪˈaɪd] ADJ (= innocent) → ingenuo
dewy-eyed
adj (= innocent, naive) → naiv; (= trusting) → vertrauensselig; to go or get all dewy-eyed → feuchte Augen bekommen
dewy-eyed [ˈdjuːɪˈaɪd] adj (innocent) → innocente
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