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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
eyesore
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Many residents consider the old house an eyesore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Brighter street lights, however, could not direct attention from the growing number of commercial eyesores taking power from the canal.
▪ It's worried that the resulting jumble of colours and designs would create an eyesore.
▪ Maybe one of the powerful merchants regarded it as an eyesore.
▪ Neighbors complained that it was an eyesore, covered by weeds and debris, and that the owner was unfairly avoiding taxes.
▪ The council says the dish is an eyesore and should be painted white again.
▪ They claim the air-bubble dome will be an eyesore.
▪ What the students had come to value as a wetland, the administration had seen as an eyesore.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eyesore

Eyesore \Eye"sore`\, n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.

Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman.
--L'Estrange.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
eyesore

c.1300, "a soreness of the eyes" (obsolete); modern sense of "something offensive to the eye" is from 1520s; from eye (n.) + sore (n.). In the sense "eye disease" Old English had eagseoung.

Wiktionary
eyesore

n. 1 An eye lesion. 2 A displeasing sight; something prominently ugly or unsightly.

WordNet
eyesore

n. something very ugly and offensive

Wikipedia
Eyesore

An eyesore is a something that is largely considered to look unpleasant or ugly. Its technical usage is as an alternative perspective to the notion of landmark. Common examples include dilapidated buildings, graffiti, litter, polluted areas, and excessive commercial signage such as billboards. Some eyesores may be a matter of opinion such as controversial modern architecture (see also spite house), transmission towers or wind turbines. Natural eyesores include feces, mud and weeds.

Eyesore (EP)

Eyesore is a limited edition E.P. by American groove metal band Skinlab. The E.P. was released November 3, 1998. Only 5,000 copies were made.

Eyesore (song)

"Eyesore" is a song written by Janus. It is the 5th track from their third album Red Right Return, and was the first single released from the album in 2009. An acoustic version was exclusively released on KUPDs Acoustic 2010 compilation album.

Eyesore (disambiguation)

Eyesore may refer to:

  • Eyesore, an unpleasant view
  • Eyesore, eye lesion, such as corneal ulcer
  • Eyesore (EP), by Skinlab
  • "Eyesore" (song), by Janus

Usage examples of "eyesore".

When the diocese daddies saw what an eyesore they had representing their faith in Berkeley, they all shit bricks.

She said I ought to be ashamed of myself, a great big man like me, lying there in the dust like a drunken tramp--an eyesore and a disgrace to all the world.

Although the interior had been cleaned out and repainted, the exterior was still an eyesore because portions were charred, streaked, and flaking.

The Brunswick Centre, Holborn, a bold 1960s experiment in concrete eyesores where a Georgian square used to be.

Peter Pett, the well-known financier, on Riverside Drive is one of the leading eyesores of that breezy and expensive boulevard.

The Brunswick Centre, Holborn, a bold 1960s experiment in concrete eyesores where a Georgian square used to be.

Many golfers see it as an eyesore, a hazard that could cause accidents, and an intrusion into the beginning of their rounds.

It seemed to him that it would've made more sense to build on that vacant lot next to the Tire Barn, maybe buy out and tear down some of those eyesore trailers set up there.

So now we're part of a corporation with two dozen other irons in the firefast food, Ponderosa golf, those three eyesore discount department stores, the gas stations, all that shit.

So now we're part of a corporation with two dozen other irons in the fire-fast food, Ponderosa golf, those three eyesore discount department stores, the gas stations, all that shit.

I refer to gardens, parks, lawns, and, in general, to pieces of land so situated that, were they left to grow up to weeds and briers, they would be eyesores and inconveniencies to all about.

Pett's house might be an eyesore from without, but inside it had had the benefit of the skill of the best interior decorator in New York.

The building was old, too, a relic of pre-analytic days, a green-glass-and-aluminum eyesore.

The boxy annex jutting out to the right was an unfortunate eyesore, although it did little to shroud the original pagan shape of the primary structure.

There were the Chandytowns, sometimes pronounced Shantytowns, also known as Gypsy Penthouses, Rookeries, Bat Mansions, Goddamn Public Nuisances, dangerous eyesores, accidents-in-progress, and many more unflattering terms.