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wide-eyed

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wide-eyed (wdd)
adj.
1. Having the eyes completely opened, as in wonder.
2. Innocent; credulous.

wide-eyed
adj
innocent or credulous
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wide-eyed - exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
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"
2.wide-eyed - (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
opened, open - used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened"

wide-eyed
adjective
1. naive, green, trusting, credulous, simple, innocent, impressionable, unsophisticated, ingenuous, wet behind the ears (informal), unsuspicious, as green as grass He told tall stories to a wide-eyed group of tourists.
2. staring, spellbound, gobsmacked (Brit. slang), dumbfounded, agog, agape, thunderstruck, goggle-eyed, awe-stricken She was wide-eyed in astonishment.
Translations
wide-eyed [ˈwaɪdˈaɪd] ADJcon los ojos muy abiertos, con los ojos como platos (fig) → inocente, cándido
wide-eyed [ˌwaɪdˈaɪd] adjcon gli occhi spalancati


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Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve.
He took a step toward one of the exits, and then he halted, wide-eyed in astonishment and terror, for almost at the same instant a dozen doors opened in the courtyard wall and a horde of frightful men rushed in upon him.
As the examination proceeded I cast a glance at Thurid and startled him looking wide-eyed and wonderingly at me, and then of a sudden he laughed full in my face.
 
 
 
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