Starry-eyed

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.

    "He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unrealistically or naively optimistic wordnet

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airyartlessautisticbeamingbeatifiedblessed

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"Hooray! We have another dreamy, starry-eyed idealist to disenfranchise and oppress!"

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