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eye-opening

eye-opening adjective: very startling or shocking; engaging a person's full attention.

Adjective

eye-opening (comparative more eye-opening, superlative most eye-opening)

  1. Very startling or shocking; engaging a person's full attention.
    • Near-synonym: arresting
    • They saw an eye-opening documentary on the societal costs of cheap clothing production; there are many externalities.
    Synonyms:
    arresting

Synonyms of eye-opening

Forms of eye-opening

comparativemore eye-opening
superlativemost eye-opening
alternative formeyeopening

Origin of eye-opening

From eye (noun) + opening (participle of the verb open).

Questions about eye-opening

What does eye-opening mean?
Eye-opening means very startling or shocking; engaging a person's full attention.
What part of speech is eye-opening?
Eye-opening is an adjective.

Words near eye-opening in the dictionary

  1. eye-locks
  2. eye-minded
  3. eye-mindedness
  4. eye-opener
  5. eye-openers
  6. eye-opening
  7. eye-piece
  8. eye-pieces
  9. eye-pit
  10. eye-pits
  11. eye-popper

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