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单词 dewy-eyed
释义

dewy-eyed

adjective

ˈdü-ē-ˌīd How to pronounce dewy-eyed (audio)
 also  ˈdyü-
: naively innocent and trusting
a dewy-eyed optimist

Synonyms

  • aw-shucks
  • dewy
  • green
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • naïf
  • naif
  • naive
  • naïve
  • primitive
  • simple
  • simpleminded
  • uncritical
  • unknowing
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • unsuspicious
  • unwary
  • unworldly
  • wide-eyed
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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

dewy-eyed

adjective

1
as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment dewy-eyed newlyweds who had yet to experience the trials and tribulations of married life

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • naive
  • innocent
  • simple
  • inexperienced
  • uncritical
  • dewy
  • primitive
  • immature
  • wide-eyed
  • ingenuous
  • unsophisticated
  • naif
  • naïve
  • unworldly
  • unsuspecting
  • naïf
  • green
  • simpleminded
  • unsuspicious
  • childish
  • unknowing
  • aw-shucks
  • unwary
  • idealistic
  • trustful
  • callow
  • childlike
  • trusting
  • credulous
  • gullible
  • believing
  • careless
  • unrealistic
  • impractical
  • susceptible
  • thoughtless
  • gulled
  • beguiled
  • heedless
  • raw
  • duped
  • unguarded
  • tricked
  • gullable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cynical
  • experienced
  • sophisticated
  • skeptical
  • worldly
  • critical
  • cosmopolitan
  • incredulous
  • knowing
  • suspicious
  • unconvinced
  • wary
  • cautious
  • careful
  • worldly-wise
  • doubting
  • watchful
  • pragmatic
  • leery
  • realistic
  • hardheaded
  • pragmatical
  • guarded
  • sober
  • suspecting
  • leary
  • down-to-earth
  • streetwise
  • street-smart
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2
as in susceptible
readily taken advantage of perpetrators of the fraud lured in dewy-eyed investors

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • susceptible
  • easy
  • naive
  • gullible
  • wide-eyed
  • naïve
  • trusting
  • exploitable
  • unwary
  • guileless
  • uncritical
  • credulous
  • gullable
  • innocent
  • genuine
  • artless
  • obliging
  • trustful
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • unworldly
  • unsuspicious
  • amiable
  • deceivable
  • pliant
  • acquiescent
  • fictile
  • overcredulous
  • malleable
  • pliable
  • simple
  • yielding
  • agreeable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cynical
  • skeptical
  • wary
  • critical
  • mistrustful
  • suspicious
  • hardheaded
  • sophisticated
  • clear-eyed
  • shrewd
  • streetwise
  • clear-sighted
  • street-smart
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