Meanings
adjectivewide shut (not comparable)
- humorousnot comparableDeliberately closed (off). (figurative) Wilfully closed-minded; unwilling to see the truth.
He is usually a perspicuous man, but when it comes to that one issue, he has his eyes wide shut.
Origin
Coined in analogy to wide open.
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wide shut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20shut
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wide shut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20shut.
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