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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What an opportunity for Quinta Brunson to surprise us with her confident line delivery, and for Tyler James Williams to sell the moment with Gregory’s wide-eyed surprise.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Kaitlin Olson made Dee's own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
The camera pans back to Atlas who appears to be watching the screen wide-eyed ad shocked, the marks over his eyes giving the impression that his eyebrows are raised in incredulity.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
That is an evolution in itself since the wide-eyed wonder and element of surprise — tactically and emotionally — that came with winning the last Euros on home soil.
—Nancy Froston, New York Times, 30 June 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Kaitlin Olson made Dee's own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
The camera pans back to Atlas who appears to be watching the screen wide-eyed ad shocked, the marks over his eyes giving the impression that his eyebrows are raised in incredulity.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
That is an evolution in itself since the wide-eyed wonder and element of surprise — tactically and emotionally — that came with winning the last Euros on home soil.
—Nancy Froston, New York Times, 30 June 2025
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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