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Definitions

open one's eyes

VERB
disillusion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disappoint embitter
STRONG
disabuse
WEAK
bring down to earth burst the bubble disenthrall
Antonyms
STRONGEST
make happy
VERB
waken
Synonyms
STRONG
arise arouse awake awaken bestir call nudge prod rise rouse shake stir stretch
WEAK
be roused bring to life come to get out of bed get up rise and shine roll out tumble out turn out wake up
Antonyms
STRONG
calm deaden discourage go to sleep lull sleep
VERB
wake/waken
Synonyms
WEAK
arise awake awaken be roused bestir bring to life call come to get out of bed get up nudge prod rise rise and shine roll out rouse shake stir stretch tumble out turn out wake up
Antonyms
WEAK
discourage dissuade nap sleep

Example Sentences

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It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes, you know, it takes a big thing to open one’s eyes.

From Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story by Tarrant, Percy

Travel and talk to foreigners open one's eyes to aggressive possibilities; history and its warnings become conceivable.

From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

It was very wicked to open one's eyes during prayer, he knew.

From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

These "certain proofs" have been available for a long time; one has only to open one's eyes to see them.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.