wild-eyed

1. 1.

   appearing extremely agitated

   “crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck”

   Similaragitated
2. 2.

   not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic

   “as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood”

   “a romantic disregard for money”

   “a wild-eyed dream of a world state”

   Synonymsquixoticromantic

   Similarimpractical

Questions about wild-eyed

What does wild-eyed mean?

wild-eyed means "appearing extremely agitated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wild-eyed?

wild-eyed has 2 syllables: wil-d-eyed. The stress falls on "wil".

What is another word for wild-eyed?

Close synonyms include quixotic, romantic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wild-eyed a common word?

wild-eyed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.