wide-eyed wonder
Innocent, astonished marvel
Wide-eyed wonder is the state of amazed fascination, especially the kind associated with children encountering something marvelous for the first time.
The phrase evokes eyes opened wide in astonishment and delight: She watched the fireworks with wide-eyed wonder.
Adults experiencing it often feel a return to childlike innocence or openness to the world.
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
innocent · gazing · seeing stars · breathless · enchanted · spellbound · captivated · dazzled · mesmerized · curiosity · discovery · magical · wonderstruck · agape · slack-jawed · bedazzled · fascination · rapture
- childlike innocenceinnocence, curiosity, playfulness, imagination, naivety
- sinceritysincerity, sincere, genuine, genuineness, honesty
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
wide-eyed wonderjadedness
Dulled enthusiasm from excess
world-weariness · cynicism · ennui · disillusionment · apathy
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