starry-eyed

[ stahr-ee-ahyd ]

/ ˈstɑr iˌaɪd /

overly romantic or idealistic: He was a starry-eyed dreamer.

Origin of starry-eyed

First recorded in 1900–05

It will swiftly become clear that there is no room in this starry-eyed arrangement for a compact with Washington.

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“If we can do it, anyone can,” Herjavec said, as starry-eyed as the young entrepreneurs who seek his council, and his coin.

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Who knew that professional cynic Bill Maher was such a starry-eyed idealist?

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He depicts Jobs as both a wildly ambitious businessman and a starry-eyed idealist.

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Meg looked at it, starry-eyed as she might had she seen a ghost.

Mystery Wings |Roy J. Snell
He learned soon enough from the glowing, starry-eyed Sarah Haddon and from every one connected with the play.

Cheerful--By Request |Edna Ferber
So it was that the little girl flushed, starry-eyed, appeared with her mother a little later.

Suzanna Stirs the Fire |Emily Calvin Blake
One wonders what connection this starry-eyed flower could have had with these prehistoric races.

The Fortunate Isles |Mary Stuart Boyd
A starry-eyed girl stood and bowed her acknowledgment and agreed to speak again.

Ten American Girls From History |Kate Dickinson Sweetser

starry-eyed

given to naive wishes, judgments, etc; full of unsophisticated optimism; gullible