open-eyed

[ oh-puhn-ahyd ]

adjective

1. having the eyes open.
2. having the eyes wide open, as in wonder.
3. watchful; observant; alert.
4. deliberate; conscious; knowing:

   an open-eyed commission of a crime.

open-eyed

adjective

1. with the eyes wide open, as in amazement
2. watchful; alert

Other Words From

• o·pen-ey·ed·ly [oh, -p, uh, n-, ahy, -id-lee, -, ahyd, -], adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of open-eyed¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The cop lay open-eyed with a grievous head wound as Johnson again checked for a pulse.

From The Daily Beast

More so than any of his predecessors, Obama ran open-eyed into the Palestinian-Israeli buzz saw.

From The Daily Beast

They were a well-matched pair; iron-nerved, both of them, the sort of men to face sudden death open-eyed and unafraid.

From Project Gutenberg

In the greater sorrow she seemed to have forgotten her child, who was staring open-eyed at the ceiling.

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The three stood looking at him, Palmer Billy open-mouthed and open-eyed.

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They were watching, open-eyed and open-mouthed, the thread of dark-red blood which wakened them up from their trance of passion.

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She sat open-eyed, with that knowledge which is given to so few—the knowledge of the gradual completion of a set purpose.

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