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starry-eyed

adjective as in quixotic

adjective as in idealistic

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It will swiftly become clear that there is no room in this starry-eyed arrangement for a compact with Washington.

The story of the starry-eyed music fan is a familiar one, but here Phillips delivers a surprising new twist on an old plot.

“If we can do it, anyone can,” Herjavec said, as starry-eyed as the young entrepreneurs who seek his council, and his coin.

Liberals—the same liberals whom Heilemann imagines being “still starry-eyed about Obama”—were especially aghast.

Who knew that professional cynic Bill Maher was such a starry-eyed idealist?

Once upon a time, there was a starry-eyed young engineer who started out to set the galaxy on fire.

But he did notice that she looked rapt and starry-eyed even through the long and dreary hours of free flight.

And I ran upstairs to my room and turned on all the lights and looked at the starry-eyed creature in the mirror.

He learned soon enough from the glowing, starry-eyed Sarah Haddon and from every one connected with the play.

Mabel, starry-eyed, slipped a hand within his arm and the pressure was eloquent.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starry-eyed, such as: dreaming, half-baked, hoping, impossible, improbable, and ivory tower.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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