"Do you never imagine things different from what they really are?" asked Anne wide-eyed. "No."
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Wide-eyed
Synonyms for "wide-eyed" (61 found)
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Related words (30)
Adjective(12 words)
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Translations
7 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- silmät levällään adj (astonished or surprised)
French
1 entries- les yeux ronds adj (astonished or surprised)
Irish
1 entries- súil-leata adj (astonished or surprised)
Polish
1 entries- zrobić wielkie oczy (literally make big eyes̠) adj (astonished or surprised)
Portuguese
1 entries- de olhos arregalados adj (astonished or surprised)
Spanish
1 entries- ojiplático adj (astonished or surprised)
Swedish
1 entries- storögd adj (astonished or surprised)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom's wide-eyed optimism is beginning to grate on my nerves.
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His wide-eyed idealism is really starting to get on my nerves.
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In Sandton Square, a shopping space dominated by a huge statue of Nelson Mandela, an oinking, tail-wagging pig and a wide-eyed plastic soldier beating a drum compete for children’s attention as they race into a toy store in Johannesburg.
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