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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

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

From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

I don't agree with a lot of it myself—we Airedales have always been conservatively inclined; but I am bound to say that three years in the Army open one's eyes to a lot of things.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 by Various

It is no breach of the law of love to open one's eyes to facts, and so to save oneself from taking paper money for gold, except at a heavy discount.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander

One can open one's eyes, one can breathe, one can look around him.

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)