OPEN-EYED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open-eyed mean? 

• OPEN-EYED (adjective)
  The adjective OPEN-EYED has 1 sense:

1. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

  Familiarity information: OPEN-EYED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPEN-EYED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

Synonyms:

argus-eyed; open-eyed; vigilant; wakeful

Context example:

a watchful parent with a toddler in tow

Similar:

alert; watchful (engaged in or accustomed to close observation)

 Context examples 

Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could not hear a sound, not even the drawing of a breath, and yet I knew that my companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same state of nervous tension in which I was myself.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Certain it was that I was lapsing into sleep, the open-eyed sleep of one who yields to a sweet fascination, when there came through the snow-stilled air a long, low wail, so full of woe and pity that it woke me like the sound of a clarion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“But how came this?” asked Alleyne, open-eyed with astonishment.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)