goggly

Staring with protrusion

Goggly describes eyes that are wide, bulging, or staring—like eyes behind thick goggles or the exaggerated eyes of cartoon characters.

The word often suggests surprise or intensity: He gave me a goggly stare.

Sometimes spelled googly, though that spelling more commonly refers to the cricket pitch.

cricket

googly

Reverse-spinning cricket ball

wrong'un · wicket · deceive · batsman · pitch · turn · flight · variation · seam · flipper

Opposites
eye openness/size

gogglysquinting

Narrowing eyes to see

squinty · slit-eyed · half-closed · beady · hooded

gaze intensity

gogglyaverted

Prevented from occurring

downcast · shifty · unfocused · glazed · vacant

expression/affect

gogglyheavy-lidded

With lowered eyelids

bleary · glazed · impassive · dead-eyed · blank

Phrases
Family

goggles, goggle, goggled, goggling, goggler, goggle-eyed

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G