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
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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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The musical, directed by Tim Jackson, follows a wide-eyed British visitor to the Big Apple and a no-nonsense New Yorker who are thrown together on a chaotic quest to deliver a wedding cake.
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
At 27, Ebeling had a wide-eyed, high-energy way about him.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
This one’s less wide-eyed and heartbroken and surprised and sad.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Cameron Crowe was understandably wide-eyed and elated in the 1970s as a San Diego teenager who traveled here, there and everywhere conducting in-depth interviews with The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Linda Ronstadt and other music luminaries for Rolling Stone magazine.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
At 27, Ebeling had a wide-eyed, high-energy way about him.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
This one’s less wide-eyed and heartbroken and surprised and sad.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Cameron Crowe was understandably wide-eyed and elated in the 1970s as a San Diego teenager who traveled here, there and everywhere conducting in-depth interviews with The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Linda Ronstadt and other music luminaries for Rolling Stone magazine.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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