"wide-eyed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wide-eyed [comparative], most wide-eyed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} wide-eyed (comparative more wide-eyed, superlative most wide-eyed)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed. Categories (topical): Eye Synonyms: moon-eyed, owly-eyed, pie-eyed, saucer-eyed
    Sense id: en-wide-eyed-en-adj-B4X2~rs~ Disambiguation of Eye: 95 3 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 9 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 19 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 21 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 62 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 17 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 57 13 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 60 14 26
  2. (by extension) Astonished or surprised. Tags: broadly Translations (astonished or surprised): silmät levällään (Finnish), les yeux ronds (French), súil-leata (Irish), zrobić wielkie oczy (literally make big eyes̠) [perfective] (Polish), de olhos arregalados (Portuguese), ojiplático (Spanish), storögd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wide-eyed-en-adj-8lmDe533 Disambiguation of 'astonished or surprised': 1 99 0
  3. (by extension) Naive; innocent; like a baby. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-wide-eyed-en-adj-7t-x0CRt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jaw-dropping, wall-eyed
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