Definition of "wide-eyed" in English

adjective

1. (figurative) Astonished or surprised.

   • The magician’s trick left the audience wide-eyed.

2. (figurative) Naive; innocent; like a baby.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed.

   • She was like her mother: tiny, curly-haired, and wide-eyed.
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.