wild-eyed

[ wahyld-ahyd ]

/ ˈwaɪldˌaɪd /

having an angry, insane, or distressed expression in the eyes.

extremely irrational, senseless, or radical: a wild-eyed scheme.

Origin of wild-eyed

First recorded in 1810–20

Gone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans.

East Ukraine: Back in the USSR |Jamie Dettmer |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The wild-eyed young man had hopelessly tangled hair and wore rumpled baby-blue scrubs.

Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane |Caitlin Dickson |September 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The madman stands in the psychiatric ward, wild-eyed and streaked with blood, his throat raked with deep scratches.

Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth”   |Liesl Schillinger |April 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Then he jumped on Oprah's couch, recorded a wild-eyed video for Scientology and now we have Tom 2.0.

Leave Clint Eastwood Alone! |Rick Schwartz |September 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

As Hawil is speaking, a pickup truck full of wild-eyed soldiers in green camouflage screeches through the base gates.

Libya Revolution's Hidden Power Players |Babak Dehghanpisheh |February 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A wild-eyed thing that may once have been a man stared in horror at the fading light of the yellow star far astern.

Turnover Point |Alfred Coppel
The young skipper, his red-brown uniform torn and dirty, looked at the Solar Guard captain with wild-eyed desperation.

Stand by for Mars! |Carey Rockwell
A wild-eyed man from Montreal had rushed up to me in the office where I had a temporary desk.

The Affable Stranger |Peter McArthur
"And a crazy, wild-eyed scheme at that," said Annixter gruffly.

The Octopus |Frank Norris
He made a threatening gesture with the pistol at the wild-eyed Frenchman, from whose face all vestige of color had fled.

The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler |Francis W. Doughty

wild-eyed

glaring in an angry, distracted, or wild manner

ill-conceived or totally impracticable