Goggle-eyed

Quick meaning: Goggle-eyed is an adjective meaning Having prominent eyes; with the eyes widely opened or protruding, either naturally or from astonishment or curiosity.

Meaning

Having prominent eyes; with the eyes widely opened or protruding, either naturally or from astonishment or curiosity.

Example Sentences

[…] now and then we met a goggle-eyed pilgrim trudging along, and staring about him as if he waited only for night and opportunity to have additional reasons for hurrying to Jerusalem.

Urging a Harvard University audience to bridge "the gulf between scientific and nonscientific cultures," England's Sir Charles P. Snow, physicist and novelist, mapped the abyss by noting: "I've often asked distinguished English writers and the like a rather simple question, such as 'What idea, if any, do you have of the second law of thermodynamics?', and an air of goggle-eyed stupefaction comes over the party.

Synonyms for goggle-eyed

Depending on context, synonyms include boggle-eyed, surprised, popeyed, openmouthed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include popeyed, openmouthed, surprised, full-eyed, owly-eyed, goggled.

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