doe-eyed en · ADJ
Meanings
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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):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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most doe-eyed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more doe-eyed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
es de ojos saltones (Translations) · grc βοῶπις (Translations)