Antonyms of adj argus-eyed

2 senses of argus-eyed

Sense 1
argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted -- (having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat")

INDIRECT (VIA sighted) -> blind, unsighted -- (unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan)

Sense 2
argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA alert) -> unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant -- (not alert to what is potentially dangerous)

Similarity of adj argus-eyed

2 senses of argus-eyed

Sense 1
argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted -- (having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat")
       => sighted (vs. blind) -- (able to see)

Sense 2
argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful -- (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")
       => alert (vs. unalert), watchful -- (engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty")

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