Antonyms for eyelash


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-lash
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪˌlæʃ


Definition of eyelash

Origin :
  • 1752, from eye (n.) + lash (n.). Related: Eyelashes.
  • As in trifle : noun very small amout
  • As in hair : noun threadlike growth on animate being
Example sentences :
  • The Boss wasn't able, I guess, and the girl never moved an eyelash.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Well, you did it well--monstrously well, I will say--for you never flinched an eyelash.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • Maybe it's just a quiver of the eyelash, maybe a shuffle of the foot.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • We watched each other full five minutes without moving an eyelash.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
  • While you try to extract the eyelash from my eye, you do not see the beam which has entered your own.
  • Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Moreover, what becomes, afterwards, of the length and the curl of the eyelash?
  • Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
  • After she lay down there, she seemed not to have moved an eyelash.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • They never blinked an eyelash when I told them about the communion cup.
  • Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
  • The flutter of an eyelash would have brought her a companion.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • You could not have told by the flicker of an eyelash that they knew where the Boy had gone.
  • Extract from : « A Voice in the Wilderness » by Grace Livingston Hill

Synonyms for eyelash

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