eye-opener
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that provides a sudden insight, or makes something clear that was previously mysterious.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "A visit to the slaughterhouse was a real eye-opener to anyone who thought they understood where their food came from."
- "That was a very big eye-opener for me, after being very cocooned, living most of my life in the city where I was born and raised."
- "As soon as I got on the plane I asked the flight attendant for an eye-opener, but all he had to offer was orange juice."
- "Near-synonym: eye candy"
- "Seems appropriate that Ann Miller should be in Columbia's "Reveille With Beverly." We've never seen anyone capable of "showing a leg" more attractively. At close range, too, she's an eye-opener."
- "A woman cycling in a skirt was a hazard to herself and an eye-opener for men on the sidelines every time she raised a leg or fell off her bike."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye English opener English eye-opener From eye + opener.