dewy-eyed
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1. dewy-eyed - Adjective
2. dewy-eyed - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.
childlike trust
dewy-eyed innocence
listened in round-eyed wonder