Meanings
adjectivedoe-eyed (comparative more doe-eyed, superlative most doe-eyed)
comparative more doe-eyed · superlative most doe-eyed
- Having eyes that are large, attractive, gentle, and innocent-looking.
[H]owever hard she pushed the tough-talkin' shtick, she remained doe-eyed, glowing and somehow unassailably demure.
2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)1 more example
The graphic energy of their martial arts combat was toned down, their slit-eyed ethnic specificity was made into doe-eyed racial ambiguity and their cynical sneers softened into eager grins.
2000, Dudley Jones, Tony Watkins, A necessary fantasy?: the heroic figure in children's popular culture, page 273
Translations
Ancient Greek βοῶπις
- βοῶπις (boôpis)Translations
Spanish de ojos saltones
- de ojos saltonesTranslations
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Chicago
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