eyesore
noun
something unpleasant to look at.
eyesores
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pluralof eyesore.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But festering eyesores are everywhere, as Bass herself indicated when she called in to KTLA-TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Marlyn Castner, 71, who moved down from Portage, Mich., and bought a condo in 2022, said she considers such sights eyesores, along with recreational vehicles parked in yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He spoke glowingly about his father’s early years as a Manhattan developer, his work turning eyesores into thriving skyscrapers, and the “vision he had to do things differently.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
But that doesn’t help the problem of toxic metals from this crap which scientists say are now polluting our upper atmosphere, nor the light pollution these eyesores create.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
The neutral territory and the tripartite municipality of Apia were eyesores to the German consulate and Brandeis.
From A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa by Robert Louis Stevenson
