Open-eyed

Definition: Open-eyed

Open-eyed

Adjective

1. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "open-eyed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

Synonyms: Open-eyed

Attention

Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant).

Expectation

Adjective: expectant; expecting; Verb: in expectation; Noun: on the watch; (vigilant); open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets; ready; curious; looking forward to.

Crosswords: Open-eyed

Books

• An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

syçelë (wakeful, wary, watchful), me sy të hapur. (various references)

Arabic 

‏يقظ (alert, awake, awoke, careful, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, on duty, prompt, springy, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), ‏مفتوح العينين. (various references)

Bulgarian 

напълно съзнаващ положението, бдителен (alert, awake, hawk-eyed, jealous, observant, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake), предпазлив (cagey, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, cosy, deliberate, deliberative, discreet, fabian, gingerly, guarded, precautious, prudent, sparing, ware, wary), изненадан (taken aback). (various references)

Chinese 

机警 (Wary). (various references)

Czech

s otevřenýma oèima. (various references)

Finnish

avosilmin (with open eyes). (various references)

French

les yeux ouverts, les yeux écarquillés. (various references)

German

mit weit offenen augen. (various references)

Greek 

άγρυπνοσ (alert, awake, sleepless, wake, wakeful, watchdog, watchfulness). (various references)

Hungarian

tisztánlátó (clairvoyant, perspicacious), figyelmes (attentive, be observant, considerate, mindful, observant, observing, thoughtful). (various references)

Italian

guardingo (cautious, gingerly, slow, thoughtful, wary, watchful). (various references)

Manx

sooill-foshlit. (various references)

Pig Latin

open-eyeday.(various references)

Portuguese

vigilante (acock, argus-eyed, awake, hawk-eyed, observant, on the alert, pop-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful), surpreendido (pop-eyed, surprised), com os olhos bem abertos, admirado (admired, astonished, pop-eyed, surprised). (various references)

Romanian

cu ochii mari (pop-eyed). (various references)

Russian 

удивленный, бдительный (alert, argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, ware, watchful, wide awake, wide-awake). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otvorenih očiju. (various references)

Spanish

con ojos desorbitados (goggle), con los ojos abiertos, alerta (alert, awake, clamp, stand to, watchful). (various references)

Swedish

vaksam (all eyes, hawk-eyed, on the alert, open-eared, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), med öppna ögon, alert (alert, lively, watchful, wide awake). (various references)

Thai

ที่จ้อง�"ูตาไม่กะพริบ. (various references)

Turkish

uyanık (alert, argus-eyed, astir, awake, aware, canny, conscious, enterprising, fly, guarded, heady, leery, nimble, on the alert, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, smart, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake, with it), şaşkın (addle-brained, addled, addle-headed, addle-pated, all abroad, at an end, bemused, bepuzzle, bewildered, confused, consternated, dizzy, dumbfounded, gaping, happy, pixilated, puzzled, puzzle-headed, sheepish, slaphappy, taken aback, thunderstruck, twisted, wide-eyed, wondering), afallamış (astonished, consternated, floored, taken aback), açıkgöz (alert, astute, canny, cunning, fly, heady, hip, knowing, leery, nimble, sharp, shrewd, smart, spry, up and coming, vigilant, wide awake). (various references)

Ukrainian

пильний (alert, attentive, awake, circumspect, circumspective, dusty, hawk-eyed, sleepless, staring, vigilant, ware, wide awake). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: deepen, depone, opened, peened.

-3 letters: donee, dopey, doyen, epode, needy, peony.

-4 letters: deep, dene, deny, done, dope, dopy, dyne, epee, eyed, eyen, eyne, need, neep, node, nope, oped, open, peed, peen, pend, peon, pond, pone, pony, yond.

-5 letters: dee, den, dey, doe, don, dye, end, eon, eye, nee, nod, ode, one, ope, ped, pee.

+4 letters: codependency, redeployment.

+5 letters: openheartedly, redeployments, underemployed.