starry-eyed

[ stahr-ee-ahyd ]

adjective

1. overly romantic or idealistic:

   He was a starry-eyed dreamer.

starry-eyed

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of starry-eyed¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

The story of the starry-eyed music fan is a familiar one, but here Phillips delivers a surprising new twist on an old plot.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Liberals—the same liberals whom Heilemann imagines being “still starry-eyed about Obama”—were especially aghast.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Once upon a time, there was a starry-eyed young engineer who started out to set the galaxy on fire.

From Project Gutenberg

But he did notice that she looked rapt and starry-eyed even through the long and dreary hours of free flight.

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And I ran upstairs to my room and turned on all the lights and looked at the starry-eyed creature in the mirror.

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He learned soon enough from the glowing, starry-eyed Sarah Haddon and from every one connected with the play.

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Mabel, starry-eyed, slipped a hand within his arm and the pressure was eloquent.

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