round-eyed

Definitions of round-eyed
  1. adjective
    exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
    “listened in round-eyed wonder”
    synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, simple, wide-eyed
    naif, naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
  2. adjective
    having large round wide-open eyes
    synonyms: saucer-eyed
    eyed
    having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
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