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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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