eye-watering

adjective

1. painful or extremely unpleasant

   eye-watering electricity bills

Other Word Forms

• eye-wateringly adverb

Example Sentences

But the euphoria was short-lived as warnings grow that the tech-led rally across equities -- which has seen several markets hit records and companies clock eye-watering capitalisations -- may have run its course, and a correction could be in hand.

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Operation Destabilise began by tracking the activity of the ransomware group Evil Corp, but ended up uncovering "eye-watering scales" of money-laundering, the NCA said.

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The bad news is prices are eye-watering and Fifa's early ticket draw has already been and gone.

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It’s true that big tech companies are spending an eye-watering amount on AI development, raising concerns and comparisons to the dot-com bubble, when capital expenditures led to deteriorating free cash flow.

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Stocks have enjoyed a healthy rally since their tariff-fuelled swoon in April, with tech firms leading the way as companies pumped eye-watering amounts of cash into all things linked to artificial intelligence.

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