Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wide-eyed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: wide-eyed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Astonished or surprised.

adj

Naive; innocent; like a baby.

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed.

Example Sentences

"The magician’s trick left the audience wide-eyed."
"Country life doesn’t protect you from real life. A rural childhood may leave you wide-eyed a bit longer about some things, but it doesn’t confer the insulating innocence that some parents seem to hope."
"She was like her mother: tiny, curly-haired, and wide-eyed."
"2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground."

Inflected Forms

more wide-eyed (comparative) most wide-eyed (superlative)

Phrases

jaw-dropping wall-eyed

Frequently Paired Words

jaw-dropping wall-eyed

Synonyms

moon-eyed owly-eyed pie-eyed saucer-eyed goggle-eyed wide childlike round-eyed dewy-eyed simple

Questions

What does wide-eyed mean?: Astonished or surprised.

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