dewy eyed
/ˈduːiˌaɪd/
adjective
- Having eyes that are moist with tears, often from emotion.
- The old photograph made him dewy-eyed with nostalgia.
- She became dewy-eyed during the wedding vows.
- The audience was dewy-eyed by the end of the touching film.
- Naive, innocent, or overly sentimental in a youthful way.
- The dewy-eyed intern thought every idea would be accepted without criticism.
- She was still dewy-eyed about love, believing in fairy-tale endings.
- His dewy-eyed optimism about the project annoyed the experienced managers.
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