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Synonyms & Antonyms of dewy-eyed
1
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
- dewy-eyed newlyweds who had yet to experience the trials and tribulations of married life
Synonyms for dewy-eyed
- aw-shucks,
- dewy,
- green,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
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Near Antonyms for dewy-eyed
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
Antonyms for dewy-eyed
2
readily taken advantage of
- perpetrators of the fraud lured in dewy-eyed investors
Synonyms for dewy-eyed
- easy,
- exploitable,
- gullible
- (also gullable),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- susceptible,
- trusting,
- unwary,
- wide-eyed
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“Dewy-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewy-eyed. Accessed 12 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of dewy-eyed was in 1938
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