eye-watering

adjective

1. painful or extremely unpleasant

   eye-watering electricity bills

Other Word Forms

• eye-wateringly adverb

Example Sentences

The row saw the two slap each other with eye-watering tariffs this year, and while they have reached a shaky detente, tensions continue to simmer.

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That Paxos could mint an eye-watering $300 trillion worth sum so easily, and obviously without $300 trillion in backing, should raise eyebrows.

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Some common laments: Yes, stocks are some 85% higher from their October 2022 lows, but that is only because the eye-watering gains of the biggest tech stocks are dragging the market along.

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Doubly so for an investor holding stocks valued at eye-watering levels compared with overall sales.

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Rowling’s 1997 debut— offered at an eye-watering $225,000.

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