Meaning of dewy-eyed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.
2. Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.
   figuratively
3. Excessively nostalgic.
   figuratively

Examples

“One she saw⟳ clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words.”

“Bill Clinton has never shied away from displays of dewy-eyed, lip-biting sentimentality.”

“What does his wife, music teacher Caroline, think⟳ about his retiring to a quiet life in Wantage? "I think⟳ she's a bit dewy-eyed. She thinks it's going to be nice to spend⟳ more time with me. I have⟳ to take⟳ time to decompress from a job like⟳ this for so long, but coming from that to doing nothing would be very unhealthy."”

“At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing!”

“Dowie could scarcely have⟳ told what phrase or word at last⟳ suddenly brought up before her a picture of the nursery in the house in Mayfair—the feeling of a warm soft childish body pressed close⟳ to her knee, the look⟳ of a tender, dewy-eyed small face⟳ and the sound⟳ of a small yearning voice saying: "I want⟳ to kiss you, Dowie."”

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