wild-eyed
adjective
1
: having a wild expression in the eyes
2
: consisting of or favoring extreme or visionary ideas
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While Mikell Sapp overplays Blue’s wild-eyed torment a bit too much, he’s leavened admirably by Lester Purry’s peacemaking pianist, Corn.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2025
As a result, his works were overflowing with wild-eyed metaphors.
—Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
As a cynical department-store employee, Zooey Deschanel provides a fun contrast to Ferrell’s wild-eyed enthusiasm.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
In fact, for all the dismay over some pretty wild-eyed characters getting nominated to lead major government functions, their ability to push their—or Trump's—agenda largely rests on the capabilities of the people in the layers below.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
And the GOP leaders in the upper chamber will at times, with Democratic help, put the brakes on the most wild-eyed ideas to come from the House of Representatives.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
Imagine a hardcore Black gangsta rapper going toe-to-toe with a wild-eyed white indie rock freak in makeup and shiny black leather pants, as the two repeatedly, gleefully, refer to one another using racial slurs.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 May 2024
Alarmists often come off as wild-eyed and silly; deflationists, in contrast, get to seem coolheaded and dignified.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
The aye-aye, with its permanent expression of wild-eyed shock and long, slender skeleton fingers, is as much a fright as an eyesore.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2025
As a result, his works were overflowing with wild-eyed metaphors.
—Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
As a cynical department-store employee, Zooey Deschanel provides a fun contrast to Ferrell’s wild-eyed enthusiasm.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
In fact, for all the dismay over some pretty wild-eyed characters getting nominated to lead major government functions, their ability to push their—or Trump's—agenda largely rests on the capabilities of the people in the layers below.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
And the GOP leaders in the upper chamber will at times, with Democratic help, put the brakes on the most wild-eyed ideas to come from the House of Representatives.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
Imagine a hardcore Black gangsta rapper going toe-to-toe with a wild-eyed white indie rock freak in makeup and shiny black leather pants, as the two repeatedly, gleefully, refer to one another using racial slurs.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 May 2024
Alarmists often come off as wild-eyed and silly; deflationists, in contrast, get to seem coolheaded and dignified.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
The aye-aye, with its permanent expression of wild-eyed shock and long, slender skeleton fingers, is as much a fright as an eyesore.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Wild-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild-eyed. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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