ADJECTIVE
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unrealistically or naively optimistic
starry-eyed idealism
a starry-eyed reformer
How To Use starry-eyed In A Sentence
- I was generally a starry-eyed romantic teen rather than a lusty one.
- Quiet folks ... the woman who should have been the 44th President of the United States is handling our starry-eyed mainstream media with the ease that comes with being a part of the most successful Democratic presidential legacy since FDR (see Bill Clinton). Clinton: 'I broke my elbow, not my larynx'
- Caithe and Zojja were not starry-eyed about the prospects, either. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
- It is true, however, that relationships between cads and starry-eyed romantics are rarely what they seem.
- Like the 1939 classic it adores, Australia is stiltedly comical, sweepingly starry-eyed, and melodramatic in its approach to war and racism. Buzzine » DVD Roundup
- She's got some starry-eyed notion about reforming society.
- Starry-eyed younglings had scaled the walls of reality to enter the Magic Kingdom.
- So here is yet another youngster with starry-eyed visions of winning a Grammy aka Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
- McCaw may be a hard-nosed businessman, but there is a starry-eyed visionary in him, too.
- Not even the most starry-eyed geeks are claiming that an LCD monitor can and should replace the richest, most fully textured college experience out there (at least not yet).