What does starry-eyed mean?
Starry-eyed means Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks..
He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.
Use starry-eyed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Starry-eyed means Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks..
Common synonyms include optimistic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.
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