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eye-watering

British

adjective

painful or extremely unpleasant

eye-watering electricity bills

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eye-wateringly adverb

Example Sentences

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All of this vibe-coding combined with Claude chatbot use costs Anthropic eye-watering sums that are far in excess of the $20, $100, or $200 someone spends on a monthly subscription.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

So any delay would have looked bad considering the eye-watering sums Meta has been spending to pull ahead in the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But eye-watering secondary market prices are an example of how desirable concerts have become a hot commodity for predatory resellers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Port Vale last week announced eye-watering losses of £6.1m.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

For a nation grappling with the Depression, that was an eye-watering sum.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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