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[ wahyld-ahyd ] / ˈwaɪldˌaɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wild-eyed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving an angry, insane, or distressed expression in the eyes. extremely irrational, senseless, or radical: a wild-eyed scheme. Origin of wild-eyedFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby wild-eyedwilder, wilderness, wilderness area, Wilderness Road, Wilder, Thornton, wild-eyed, wild fennel, wild fig, wildfire, wildflower, wildfowl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wild-eyedGone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans. East Ukraine: Back in the USSR|Jamie Dettmer|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The wild-eyed young man had hopelessly tangled hair and wore rumpled baby-blue scrubs. Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The madman stands in the psychiatric ward, wild-eyed and streaked with blood, his throat raked with deep scratches. Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth”
|Liesl Schillinger|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then he jumped on Oprah's couch, recorded a wild-eyed video for Scientology and now we have Tom 2.0. Leave Clint Eastwood Alone!|Rick Schwartz|September 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As Hawil is speaking, a pickup truck full of wild-eyed soldiers in green camouflage screeches through the base gates. Libya Revolution's Hidden Power Players|Babak Dehghanpisheh|February 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST A wild-eyed thing that may once have been a man stared in horror at the fading light of the yellow star far astern. Turnover Point|Alfred Coppel The young skipper, his red-brown uniform torn and dirty, looked at the Solar Guard captain with wild-eyed desperation. Stand by for Mars!|Carey Rockwell A wild-eyed man from Montreal had rushed up to me in the office where I had a temporary desk. The Affable Stranger|Peter McArthur "And a crazy, wild-eyed scheme at that," said Annixter gruffly. He made a threatening gesture with the pistol at the wild-eyed Frenchman, from whose face all vestige of color had fled. The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler|Francis W. Doughty
British Dictionary definitions for wild-eyed
adjectiveglaring in an angry, distracted, or wild manner ill-conceived or totally impracticable Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wild-eyedavid, fanatical, impassioned, dedicated, earnest, rabid, ardent, passionate, fervent, afire, antsy, burning, devoted, eager, fanatic, fervid, fired, frenetic, hot, itchy |