Antonyms for eye-opener
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ahy-oh-puh-ner |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪˌoʊ pə nər |
Definition of eye-opener
- As in news : noun information, revelation
- As in revelation : noun disclosure, telling
- As in shock : noun complete surprise; blow
- As in stimulus : noun provocation
- As in surprise : noun something amazing; state of amazement
- As in eye opener : noun revelation
- As in incitation : noun stimulus
- As in stimulator : noun stimulus
- As in tiding : noun news
- And that meeting was in the nature of an eye-opener to Tresler.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The old girl must be protected from that sort of eye-opener, if I've to forswear my soul.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- This campaign is of course not only an eye-opener to them but also a God-send.
- Extract from : « With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia » by One of its Officer
- Those four days have been a revelation, an eye-opener, and a series of rude jolts.
- Extract from : « Americans All » by Various
- I have often thought: If a son could look into a mother's heart, what an eye-opener he would have!
- Extract from : « Mental Efficiency » by Arnold Bennett
- To have it thrust upon them sudden is too much of a eye-opener for them.
- Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin
- It'll be an eye-opener to the enemy to discover us gone when the flames die down.
- Extract from : « Under the Chinese Dragon » by F. S. Brereton
- It would be an eye-opener for a wealthy young sprig like you.
- Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
- Oh, believe me, my dear, there is no eye-opener in the world like love.
- Extract from : « Wheat and Huckleberries » by Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
- The next morning his head ached and he rang up an eye-opener or two.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
Synonyms for eye-opener
- abruptness
- account
- adumbration
- advice
- amazement
- announcement
- apocalypse
- astonishment
- astoundment
- attack
- awe
- bang
- betrayal
- bewilderment
- blow by blow
- bombshell
- boost
- break
- breakdown
- broadcast
- broadcasting
- bulletin
- bump
- cable
- catalyst
- cause
- charge
- clash
- clue
- cognizance
- collapse
- collision
- communication
- communiqué
- concussion
- confusion
- consternation
- copy
- crash
- cue
- curiosity
- curveball
- data
- description
- disappointment
- disclosure
- discovery
- disillusion
- dispatch
- display
- distress
- disturbance
- divination
- divulgement
- divulgence
- double whammy
- earful
- earthquake
- encounter
- encouragement
- enlightenment
- epiphany
- eureka
- excitement
- exhibition
- exposé
- exposition
- exposure
- eye-opener
- fillip
- fireworks
- flash
- foreshadowing
- fortune
- front-page news
- goad
- godsend
- headlines
- hearsay
- hysteria
- impact
- impetus
- impulse
- incentive
- incitation
- incitement
- incredulity
- inducement
- injury
- inspiration
- instigation
- intelligence
- invitation
- itemization
- jarring
- jolt
- kick
- knowledge
- leak
- lightning bolt
- lowdown
- manifestation
- marvel
- message
- miracle
- miscalculation
- motivation
- motive
- narration
- news
- news flash
- oracle
- particularization
- percussion
- phenomenon
- piquing
- portent
- precipitance
- precipitation
- precipitousness
- proclamation
- prod
- prodigy
- propellant
- prophecy
- prostration
- provocation
- publication
- push
- ram
- rarity
- recital
- recognition
- release
- report
- revelation
- rumor
- scandal
- scare
- scoop
- shock
- shocker
- shot in the arm
- showing
- sign
- specification
- spur
- start
- statement
- stimulant
- stimulation
- sting
- story
- stroke
- stupefaction
- stupor
- suddenness
- surprise
- telecast
- telegram
- telling
- the goods
- the latest
- thunderbolt
- tidings
- tip
- trauma
- traumatism
- trigger
- turn
- turn-on
- uncovering
- unearthing
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unveiling
- upset
- urging
- vision
- whammy
- wonder
- wonderment
- word
- wreck
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