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dew-eyed

dew-eyed is the alternative form of dewy-eyed.

Meaning of dewy-eyed

Adjective

dewy-eyed (comparative more dewy-eyed, superlative most dewy-eyed)

  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.
    • One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words.c. 1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 1, in The Call of the North
  2. (figuratively) Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.
    • At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing!1918, John Galsworthy, “The Apple Tree”, in Five Tales
  3. (figuratively) Excessively nostalgic.

Forms of dew-eyed

comparativemore dew-eyed
superlativemost dew-eyed

Questions about dew-eyed

What is dew-eyed the alternative form of?
Dew-eyed is the alternative form of dewy-eyed.

Words near dew-eyed in the dictionary

  1. dew worm
  2. dew-beater
  3. dew-beaters
  4. dew-clawed
  5. dew-drink
  6. dew-eyed
  7. dew-fall
  8. dew-falls
  9. dew-worm
  10. dew-worms
  11. Dewa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dew-eyed (page history and authors); dewy-eyed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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