eye-openingadj.
/ˈʌɪˌəʊp(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌoʊp(ə)nɪŋ/ That offers or prompts a new, different, often salutary perspective; that brings new insight; revelatory, enlightening. Cf. eye-opener n. 4a.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective]
revealing1563
telltale1579
discoveringa1631
proditoriousa1639
revelative1652
unfolding1762
unconcealing1804
revelatory1821
eye-opening1825
disclosing1892
now-it-can-be-told1932
society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] > enlightening
instructivea1492
enlightening1574
eye-opening1825
1825 Christian Examiner & Church of Ireland Mag. July 52 The great excitement is the Bible—the heart-expanding, the eye-opening, the spirit-stirring Bible.
1957 Oxnard (Calif.) Press-Courier 17 July 9/8 The information given was far from eye-opening to the audience.
2010 R. S. Billingsley Good Man is Hard to Find Pref. p. x I won't say which tabloid I worked for, but let's just say it was an eye-opening experience.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1825- to give aim
- to give air
- to give an account of
- to give an accused person the benefit of the doubt
- to give an animal one's wind
- to give an edge to
- to give an end
- to give an eye to
- to give an inkling
- to give an inkling of something
- to give an item
- to give an object in charge (to
- to give an old-fashioned look
- to give an oldfashioned look
- to give an open ear
- to give and bequeath
- to give and devise
- to give and take
- to give another thought
- to give any one a bit of one's mind
- to give any one the bob
- to give any one the dor
- to give arms
- to give as good as he brings or one gets
- to give assign journey of battle, treaty