wide-eyed

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wide-eyed

A young child watches a butterfly with wide-eyed wonder.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • (Of eyes) fully open or extended: Describing eyes that are opened very widely, often due to surprise, amazement, or intense focus.
    • Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity: Describing a person or their expression as showing naive innocence, wonder, or a lack of worldly experience.
Usage and Examples

  • Describing physical eye appearance:

    • The wide-eyed child stared at the magician in disbelief.
    • She gave a wide-eyed look of shock when she heard the news.

  • Describing an innocent or naive attitude:

    • He was a wide-eyed optimist when he first moved to the city.
    • The tourists listened to the guide's stories with wide-eyed fascination.
Advanced Usage and Nuances

  • "Wide-eyed innocence": A common phrase emphasizing pure, uncorrupted naivety.

    • She approached the complex political debate with a sense of wide-eyed innocence.

  • "Wide-eyed wonder": A phrase used to describe a state of awe or astonishment.

    • The museum exhibit filled the children with wide-eyed wonder.
Variants and Related Words

  • Round-eyed (adj): Very similar in meaning, often used interchangeably with 'wide-eyed' to describe surprise or wonder.

    • They listened in round-eyed wonder to the tale.

  • Dewy-eyed (adj): Emphasizes a soft, innocent, sentimental, or naively optimistic quality.

    • She had a dewy-eyed view of romantic relationships.
Synonyms
  • Astonished: Filled with sudden wonder or surprise.
  • Innocent: Lacking knowledge of worldly or unpleasant things.
  • Credulous: Having too great a readiness to believe things; gullible.
  • Agape: (Of the mouth) wide open, often used figuratively for eyes in a state of wonder.
Antonyms
  • Jaded: Bored or lacking enthusiasm after having had too much of something.
  • Skeptical: Not easily convinced; having doubts.
  • Worldly-wise: Experienced and knowledgeable about the practical aspects of life.
Related Idioms and Phrases

  • With eyes like saucers: An idiom describing someone whose eyes are opened extremely wide in surprise or amazement.

    • He stared at the diamond with eyes like saucers.

  • To look with fresh eyes: To look at something from a new, often more innocent or unbiased, perspective.

    • After her trip, she was able to look at her hometown with fresh eyes.
wide-eyed

A young child watches a butterfly with wide-eyed wonder.

Adjective
  1. (used of eyes) fully open or extended
    • stared with wide eyes
  2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
    • childlike trust
    • dewy-eyed innocence
    • listened in round-eyed wonder

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