dewy-eyed adjective3 •Having eyes with a moist, glistening appearance, especially as indicating that one is on the verge of crying or that one is experiencing strong emotions.One she saw clearly—a dewy-eyed, lovely woman who murmured loving, broken words. — 1910 •(figurative) Naive or innocent in the manner of a child.At one moment he gave himself up completely to his pride at having captured this pretty, trustful, dewy-eyed thing! — 1918 •(figurative) Excessively nostalgic. formsmore dewy-eyed · most dewy-eyed