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eye candy

noun

  1. Slang. someone or something that is visually attractive or pleasing but is usually considered to lack worth or merit.


eye candy

noun

  1. a person who is or people considered highly attractive to look at, often implying that they are but lacking in intelligence or depth
  2. something intended to be attractive to the eye without being demanding or contributing anything essential
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eye candy1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences

To cut down on the extraneous eye candy, open up System Preferences from the Apple menu, then go to Accessibility and open up the Display tab.

Beyond cutting down on the eye candy, this can also slightly improve the computer’s speed, because the machine won’t have to do as much work processing all those visuals.

Although the combat areas aren’t especially arresting in terms of their environmental details, the fights themselves generate plenty of eye candy.

While Jordan is the perfect piece of eye candy, he is unfortunately off the market in real life.

Boss fights are multiphase affairs, filled with destructible objects, that make for great eye candy.

Many intellectuals grouse about the competitions as eye candy for the alienated.

David, who proves to be better eye candy than Ash, lacks the charisma of a true horror hero.

To someone who often watches the world through a camera lens, this has been a feast of eye candy.

As an episodic hourlong drama, The Playboy Club offers a portal to a bygone era by way of beats, plot points, and eye candy.

Like everyone was ready to do away with the lunkhead eye-candy guy, and Heidi was like, oh, I didn't think his was so bad at all.

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