wide shut

English

Etymology

Coined in analogy to wide open.

Adjective

wide shut (not comparable) (humorous)

  1. Deliberately 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.
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