Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dewy-eyed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: dewy-eyed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.

adj

Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.

adj

Excessively nostalgic.

Example Sentences

"One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words."
"Bill Clinton has never shied away from displays of dewy-eyed, lip-biting sentimentality."
"What does his wife, music teacher Caroline, think about his retiring to a quiet life in Wantage? "I think she's a bit dewy-eyed. She thinks it's going to be nice to spend more time with me. I have to take time to decompress from a job like this for so long, but coming from that to doing nothing would be very unhealthy.""
"At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing!"
"Dowie could scarcely have told what phrase or word at last suddenly brought up before her a picture of the nursery in the house in Mayfair—the feeling of a warm soft childish body pressed close to her knee, the look of a tender, dewy-eyed small face and the sound of a small yearning voice saying: "I want to kiss you, Dowie.""

Etymology

From dewy + eyed.

Inflected Forms

more dewy-eyed (comparative) most dewy-eyed (superlative) dew-eyed (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

misty-eyed teary-eyed callow green wet behind the ears childlike wide-eyed round-eyed simple

Questions

What does dewy-eyed mean?: Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.
Where does dewy-eyed come from?: From dewy + eyed.

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