ADJECTIVE
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appearing extremely agitated
crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck -
not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
a romantic disregard for money
a wild-eyed dream of a world state
How To Use wild-eyed In A Sentence
- I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree. A Circuit Rider's Wife
- It was seldom spectacular, lacking the Van Gogh-like, wild-eyed artistry of Cunningham, but it worked.
- De Havilland's poised, elegant Miriam is the perfect foil for haggard, wild-eyed Charlotte.
- They seem like grizzled, wild-eyed children delighted with today's adventure.
- The man jumped, snapped his head at me and gave me a wild-eyed, slack-jawed expression of shock.
- At least then I could spot them in good time (clipboard, sensible cardie and wild-eyed look of desperation) and take avoiding action without looking too obvious.
- Terrified, the horses were wild-eyed, ears pulled back.
- The cloning of human beings has seemed inevitable since Dolly took her first bleat, and we should be relieved that it was done by scientists in a laboratory, not by wild-eyed members of some cult.
- a wild-eyed dream of a world state
- You're wrestling wild-eyed shoppers for the last set of smellies. The Sun
