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View synonyms for bright-eyed

bright-eyed

[ brahyt-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. having bright eyes.
  2. alertly eager.


bright-eyed

adjective

  1. eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  2. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed informal.
    keen, confident, and alert
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bright-eyed1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, alertly eager; full of energy and enthusiasm:

    Get a good night's sleep so you'll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning.

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Example Sentences

A bright-eyed Guillermo in Season 6.

Sardar Gul has two malnourished children – three-year-old Umar and eight-month-old Mujib, a bright-eyed little boy he holds on his lap.

From BBC

I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.

From Salon

I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.

From Salon

And soon even that tie to the myriad children with whom I’ve shared my life — the milky-skinned infants, the bright-eyed toddlers, the scrappy elementary school explorers, the sullen but still suddenly cuddly tweens, the amazingly capable and occasionally helpful teens — will be broken.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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