What is dewy-eyed?
Definition of dewy-eyed : naively innocent and trusting a dewy-eyed optimist.
How do you use dewy-eyed in a sentence?
1. Not half an hour back I had been dewy-eyed with nostalgia for him. 2. I can never understand why people become dewy-eyed and sentimental about the past.
What does flinty eyed mean?
severe and determined: He looked at me with flinty eyes.
What’s misty eyed?
Definition of misty-eyed 1 : having tearful eyes. 2 : dreamy, sentimental misty-eyed recollections.
What does being silver tongued mean?
English Language Learners Definition of silver-tongued : able to speak in a way that makes other people do or believe what you want them to do or believe. See the full definition for silver-tongued in the English Language Learners Dictionary.
What is the word Mooncalf?
Definition of mooncalf : a foolish or absentminded person : simpleton he was a helpless mooncalf of a man, poorly equipped for a grueling life— Peter Schjeldahl.
What is the definition of wide eyed?
Definition of wide-eyed 1 : having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive wide-eyed innocence. 2 : having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment.
What does flinty mean in the Bible?
Definition of flinty 1 : resembling flint especially : stern, unyielding flinty determination. 2 : composed of or covered with flint.
What do drooped mean?
1 : to sink, bend, or hang down The flowers drooped in the hot sun. 2 : to become sad or weak My spirits drooped. droop. noun.
What does it mean to be bitter sweet?
Definition of bittersweet (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : being at once bitter and sweet especially : pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret a bittersweet ballad bittersweet memories. 2 : of or relating to a prepared chocolate containing little sugar bittersweet chocolate chips.
What is the meaning of red as a beet?
[British] having a very red face, for example because you are very hot or very embarrassed. He turned as red as beetroot when I told him.