Meaning

Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having prominent, bulging eyes; bug-eyed.
2. Having circular eyes with large dark centers; Having craft googly eyes for eyes, or having eyes with similar appearance.
3. Making googly eyes; giving a look of infatuation or adoration; moonstruck.
4. Staring in an unfocussed manner.

Example Sentences

This girl comes up to me, this googly-eyed girl […] She has to be the ugliest *** that ever lived

Adding to that is the fact that the cow eye protrudes slightly from its socket, giving the cow a googly-eyed look.

Isaac was about to correct him on that score, but the googly-eyed man got there first.

Then he looked up to Pete's mirror. Aaargh! A googly-eyed monster looked back at him! "That's me." He laughed. "That magnifying glass sure does make my eye look big!"

Quentin's eyes bulged. He'd always had a googly-eyed stare, more like a dehydrated carp than a man, but Tess had never realized how prominent it was before.

I notice his sleepwear: candy corn sprinkled over flannel pants, a googly-eyed jack-o'-lantern grinning gaily from his T-shirt.

Milly and Tilly are googly-eyed cats who belong to a cheeky little baby called Penny.

In the hill-climbing case, for example, Kiley Hamlin, Karen Wynn, and Paul Bloom presented six-month-old infants with scenes involving three googly-eyed geometric shapes.

Word Forms

• more googly-eyed
• most googly-eyed

When Should You Use Googly-eyed?

Use googly-eyed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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