starry-eyed
Lost in wonder
Starry-eyed means naively enthusiastic or idealistic, as if dazzled by wonder.
Someone starry-eyed about a new relationship or career opportunity sees only the romance and possibility, not the practical difficulties: She was starry-eyed about moving to Paris.
The image is of eyes so filled with stars they can't see clearly.
Impractically perfect in conception
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
- impracticalNot suited for use
hopeful · optimistic · dreamy · fanciful · aspirational · romantic · pie-in-the-sky · head-in-clouds
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
ingenuous · impressionable · unsuspecting · guileless · childlike · inexperienced · green · unseasoned
Overwhelmed by romantic attraction
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
swooning · moony · lovesick · dreamy · enchanted · captivated · adoring · devoted
Amazed beyond words
- dazzledOverpowered by light or wonder
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- amazedOverwhelmed by sudden wonder
- marvelingFeeling astonished admiration
bedazzled · enthralled · fascinated · rapt · agape · breathless · transfixed · spellbound
utopian
Impractically perfect in conception
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
impractical · hopeful · optimistic · dreamy · fanciful · aspirational · romantic · pie-in-the-sky · head-in-clouds · moonstruck
gullible
Easily deceived
unworldly · ingenuous · impressionable · unsuspecting · guileless · childlike · inexperienced · green · unseasoned · artless
lovestruck
Overwhelmed by romantic attraction
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
besotted · swooning · moony · lovesick · dreamy · enchanted · captivated · adoring · devoted · yearning
wonderstruck
Amazed beyond words
- dazzledOverpowered by light or wonder
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- amazedOverwhelmed by sudden wonder
marveling · bedazzled · enthralled · fascinated · rapt · agape · breathless · transfixed · spellbound · reverent
- eyedblue-eyed, brown-eyed, green-eyed, wide-eyed, cross-eyed
- facial expressionssmiling, smile, grin, grinning, frown
- infatuationcrush, infatuation, infatuated, smitten, first love
- idealisticidealist, idealistic, utopian, quixotic, dreamer
- Lovesicklovesick, lovelorn, heartsick, pining, yearning
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
starry-eyedrealistic
True to life
pragmatic · hard-nosed · practical · hardheaded · level-headed
starry-eyedcynical
Doubting human goodness
jaded · disillusioned · world-weary · pessimistic · bitter
starry-eyedcynical
Doubting human goodness
jaded · clear-eyed · clear-sighted · unsentimental · tough-minded
star, stars, starlight, starred, starry, stardom, stargazer, stargazing, starless