Thesaurus / starry-eyed
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Robinson looked at him suspiciously as he took it, and the animals eyed him with evident distrust.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLPunch gathered himself together and eyed the house with disfavour.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGA flock of weary sheep pattered along the road, barnward bound, heavy eyed and bleating softly.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDThey were a well-matched pair; iron-nerved, both of them, the sort of men to face sudden death open-eyed and unafraid.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRTwo or three deep-eyed, long-lashed Monegasque men smiled at her kindly, as Monegasque men and Italians smile at all children.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONThe long dry fingers of the palm trees rattled overhead, and looking up, he saw the divine light of the starry heavens.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe memory of the hawk-nosed, steel-eyed officer who rode from Kurnaul to Meerut in twenty-four hours smote him like a whip.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYNaw, I sold my outfit to a goggle-eyed pilgrim that has an idea buffalo hides is prime all summer.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRBehind O'Dell stood a policeman; behind him again, a grave-eyed man stooped to an unusual task.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSHe eyed her artfully, winked playfully, and continued: "You'll like it when you get the modesty out of yourself."
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO STARRY-EYED
- abstracted
- ambitious
- astral
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- delusory
- dreaming
- dreamy
- exalted
- fanciful
- fantastic
- grandiose
- ideal
- idealist
- idealistic
- illusory
- imaginary
- impractical
- in the clouds
- introspective
- lofty
- musing
- noble
- otherworldly
- pretentious
- prophetic
- quixotic
- radical
- speculative
- starry-eyed
- unreal
- unrealistic
- unworkable
- unworldly
- utopian
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