eye-watering

British  

adjective

1. painful or extremely unpleasant

   eye-watering electricity bills

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Other Word Forms

• eye-wateringly adverb

Example Sentences

If tech-like growth isn’t in the cards, Walmart’s multiple might be justified if it can achieve reliable, even if not eye-watering, growth in earnings and returns over a long period of time.

From The Wall Street Journal

That would see core inflation running at an eye-watering six-month annualized rate of 3.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal

There have been an eye-watering 25 already on the professional tour in 2025, obliterating the calendar year best of 14 - 2024's tally.

From BBC

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.

From Barron's

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.

From BBC