Antonyms of adj starry-eyed

1 sense of starry-eyed

Sense 1
starry-eyed -- (unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism")

INDIRECT (VIA optimistic) -> pessimistic -- (expecting the worst possible outcome)

Similarity of adj starry-eyed

1 sense of starry-eyed

Sense 1
starry-eyed -- (unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism")
       => optimistic (vs. pessimistic) -- (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view")