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wide-eyed Adjective 1. innocent or naive 2. surprised or frightened: wide-eyed astonishment Adverb in a frightened, surprised, or excited manner: they looked at me wide-eyed
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wide-eyed adjective 1. naive, green, trusting, credulous, simple, innocent, impressionable, unsophisticated, ingenuous, wet behind the ears (informal) unsuspicious, as green as grass 2. staring, spellbound, gobsmacked Brit. (slang) dumbfounded, agog, agape, thunderstruck, goggle-eyed, awe-stricken |
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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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