Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sore upon or near the eye, as at the corner of the eye or upon an eyelid.
- n. Hence Something offensive to the eye or sight.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
WordNet 3.0
- n. something very ugly and offensive
Examples
“This eyesore is just plain stupid, and sullies the surrounding environment.”
“Many of them have been duped into thinking that what they are wearing, though an eyesore, is fashionable.”
“What would be the cost of removing and scrapping the millions of junk automobiles in eyesore heaps on the outskirts of cities and towns all over our country?”
“This eyesore is in Mississauga near my parents’ house in an otherwise low-rise neighbourhood.”
“If the house becomes a long-term eyesore, it could negatively affect neighborhood property values.”
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“It also renewed attention on the Bowker Overpass, a 1960s relic that some neighbors and officials call an eyesore that should be removed.”
“No one was in the home, which neighbors called an "eyesore", when the fire broke out, just before 2 a.m.”
“She was also upset about the "eyesore" in his back yard, piled high with rubbish, including a bike and old chairs, and boxes.”
“Last week he took out a full-page ad on the back of The Villager blaming local politicians for the looming "eyesore" of P.S.”
“On the other hand, she would hardly grieve over the instantaneous disappearance of the "eyesore," with its rusty truck and bothersome livestock.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘eyesore’.
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Visuals
A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
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See, The Eyes Have It
List of words (or phrases) containing eye-, -eye-, or -eye. Beginning with red-eye and eyebright.
I've since begun adding other more oblique terms that lack the string -eye-, but that...red-eye, eyebright, arguw-eye, bigeye, bird's-eye, buckeye, blarneyed, wheyey, eyebrow, eyecup, eyedropper, eyeful and 296 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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GRE words Review
Review for GRE
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miserable circumstances
describing living arrangements from the less-than-stellar, to the sordid
burrow, garret, ghetto, hovel, hut, lean-to, cavern, shack, shanty, shed, slum, tenement and 59 more...
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jan_21
magoosh listens
infuriating, galvanize, sporadic, imperciptible, shirk, protean, versatile, auspicious, clairvoyance, nary, predilection, inkling and 63 more...
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aykut gre
mossy, intrusive, mettlesome, soliloquy, mocking, dissembler, prevarication, histrionics, aphorism, distinction, concise, pensive and 61 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
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Necessary?
"Words are very..."
The above was the original description for this list. Unfortunately, it doesn't convey much about the list contents.
I'm leaving you to draw your own conclusions abo...supererogation, fruitcake, unbeknownst, melifluous, bane, cavy, unnecessary, lyrical, question, undertow, weapon, arduous and 200 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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Journey of a 300-Year-Old House
If you read this in order from top to bottom, the word progression suggests the "lifespan" of a 300-year-old house in Pennsylvania.
national register..., volunteers, storage, visitors, library, curator, quarters, caretaker, hardware, beam, chamfered, joists and 42 more...
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