lidless
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9.5
- adjective
- /ˈlɪd.ləs/
- Literature
- Jim Sturgess's Korean character's proximity to an actual Asian actress served to point up just how much his unblinking, lidless eyes didn't look Asian.
- lidless eye
Examples
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Lidless eyes like black marbles, slick.
Fiction book (1998) -
The eyes look at me with a lidless stare.
Fiction book (1992) -
You have a circle... ...and a lidless eye that's always open.
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A Great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame.
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Her dark hair fans around her pale face, mermaid-slick, her lips red and puffy, and her eyes are so bright they seem lidless, unable to protect themselves.
Fiction book (2002) -
His lidless eyes stared unblinkingly at the stars, as if absorbing every detail of the night sky.
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The creature approached with its lidless gaze, watching every move I made without any sign of blinking.
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In the dim light, he felt the weight of her lidless stare, as though she could see right through him.
Synonyms
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5.2
Aware of possible danger or change
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7.8
Always watching and ready to notice danger
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7.5
Being awake at night and not able to sleep
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6.9
Eyes that are open and do not blink
Antonyms
How Watchful
- Literature
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9.5
71
6.0
36
3.2
127
2.8
56
3.0
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5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lidless comes from lid ('cover') and -less ('without'), and thinking of eyelid helps: if you are 'without eyelids' you cannot close your eyes. So lidless can mean 'always watchful' or unblinking.