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   wide-eyed

   /ˌwʌɪdˈʌɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. having one's eyes wide open as a result of surprise, fear, etc. Similar staring in amazementgoggle-eyedagapeopen-mouthedtongue-tiedat a loss for wordsspeechlessdumbfoundeddumbstrucksurprisedamazedastonishedastoundedstunnedstaggeredthunderstruckaghaststupefieddazedtaken abackshockedshell-shockedin shocknonplussedinformal:flabbergastedbowled overgobsmacked
   • ▪ inexperienced; innocent: "a wide-eyed country boy" Similar innocentnaiveimpressionableingenuouschildlikecreduloustrustingover-trustingtrustfulunsuspiciousunquestioningunsuspectingunguardedunwarysimpleunsophisticatedinexperiencedrawgreengreen as grassjejunegullibleeasily taken ineasily deceivedinformal:wet behind the earsborn yesterdayOpposite knowingsophisticated

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • -

   • E

     1

   • Y

     4

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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