eyeopener

[ahy-oh-puh-ner]

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noun

an experience or disclosure that gives one a sudden realization or understanding: Her disclosures about her childhood were a real eyeopener.
a drink of liquor taken early in the day and intended to wake a person up fully.

Origin of eyeopener

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; eye + opener

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Related Words for eyeopener

announcement, story, word, disclosure, advice, account, broadcast, statement, report, message, data, rumor, news, leak, discovery, epiphany, impact, disturbance, consternation, collapse