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Definition of eye-opener in English: eye-openernoun ˈʌɪˌəʊp(ə)nəˈaɪˌoʊp(ə)nər informal 1An event or situation that proves to be unexpectedly enlightening. a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener Example sentencesExamples - It's possible to have read widely in French history and yet experience this book as something of an eye-opener.
- It was not just this unexpected love of Shakespeare that proved an eye-opener.
- The events connected with St. Mary's Feast should be an eye-opener.
- And home hunting can be a quite an eye-opener of an experience in the city, especially if you are a newcomer looking for a roof to stay under.
- It's an incredible eye-opener to be at such events in person.
- Yorkshire couple Lizzie Lowe and David Poole spent two weeks putting the system to the test and found the experience to be an eye-opener.
- The accounts given by those doctors who had Maori ancestry were real eye-openers.
- It proved a real eye-opener for the three continentals.
- If anything, this experience has been the biggest eye-opener I will ever encounter.
- An unexpected eye-opener was our trip to see a soccer match at the national stadium.
- The film was shot on location in West Yorkshire, which proved an eye-opener for a middle-class university-educated Hindu woman from north London.
- The trip proved to be an eye-opener in terms of art, culture, social orderings and, not surprisingly, landscape.
- The riveting testimony would prove an eye-opener into the working of Lastman's inner circle.
- For experienced newscaster Gordon Burns, surviving all day without being able to take incoming calls proved a real eye-opener.
- The experience was an eye-opener for Thomas and, she says, made her appreciate her current career all the more.
- This is the first season Selby have had a team in the county league for over ten years and the experience has quickly proved an eye-opener for their players.
- But his unscripted comments would prove a major eye-opener.
- And that's one of the things that I think has been a real eye-opener in this volunteer experience.
- But it's his journey tomorrow to Indigenous communities on Cape York that may prove the biggest eye-opener.
- The two productions I saw were eye-openers as far as youth theatre was concerned.
Synonyms blow, upset, disturbance, source of distress, source of amazement, source of consternation 2North American An alcoholic drink taken early in the day. Example sentencesExamples - Comorbid clients also were more likely to have used alcohol or drugs as an eye-opener and to have been annoyed by others who criticized their use of alcohol and/or drugs.
- Much to my chagrin, we drove past Skip's without stopping for an eye-opener.
- Talk about a little eye-opener before your first cup of java!
- Murphy and Clovis were enjoying an eye-opener in their cell as the morning sun streamed through the window bars in thick shafts.
Synonyms beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher
Definition of eye-opener in US English: eye-openernounˈaɪˌoʊp(ə)nərˈīˌōp(ə)nər informal 1in singular An event or situation that proves to be unexpectedly enlightening. a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener Example sentencesExamples - The accounts given by those doctors who had Maori ancestry were real eye-openers.
- The film was shot on location in West Yorkshire, which proved an eye-opener for a middle-class university-educated Hindu woman from north London.
- If anything, this experience has been the biggest eye-opener I will ever encounter.
- An unexpected eye-opener was our trip to see a soccer match at the national stadium.
- Yorkshire couple Lizzie Lowe and David Poole spent two weeks putting the system to the test and found the experience to be an eye-opener.
- It proved a real eye-opener for the three continentals.
- For experienced newscaster Gordon Burns, surviving all day without being able to take incoming calls proved a real eye-opener.
- The experience was an eye-opener for Thomas and, she says, made her appreciate her current career all the more.
- This is the first season Selby have had a team in the county league for over ten years and the experience has quickly proved an eye-opener for their players.
- It was not just this unexpected love of Shakespeare that proved an eye-opener.
- The events connected with St. Mary's Feast should be an eye-opener.
- But it's his journey tomorrow to Indigenous communities on Cape York that may prove the biggest eye-opener.
- The trip proved to be an eye-opener in terms of art, culture, social orderings and, not surprisingly, landscape.
- It's an incredible eye-opener to be at such events in person.
- The two productions I saw were eye-openers as far as youth theatre was concerned.
- The riveting testimony would prove an eye-opener into the working of Lastman's inner circle.
- It's possible to have read widely in French history and yet experience this book as something of an eye-opener.
- And home hunting can be a quite an eye-opener of an experience in the city, especially if you are a newcomer looking for a roof to stay under.
- But his unscripted comments would prove a major eye-opener.
- And that's one of the things that I think has been a real eye-opener in this volunteer experience.
Synonyms blow, upset, disturbance, source of distress, source of amazement, source of consternation 2North American An alcoholic drink taken early in the day. Example sentencesExamples - Talk about a little eye-opener before your first cup of java!
- Much to my chagrin, we drove past Skip's without stopping for an eye-opener.
- Murphy and Clovis were enjoying an eye-opener in their cell as the morning sun streamed through the window bars in thick shafts.
- Comorbid clients also were more likely to have used alcohol or drugs as an eye-opener and to have been annoyed by others who criticized their use of alcohol and/or drugs.
Synonyms beverage, drinkable liquid, potable liquid, liquid refreshment, thirst quencher
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