eyesore
/ˈaɪsɔː/US/ˈaɪsoɹ/
eyesore noun: an eye lesion.
Noun
eyesore (plural eyesores)
- An eye lesion.
- A displeasing sight; something prominently ugly or unsightly.
- The building, towering over its surroundings with its square concrete frame and reflective walls of gold-tinted glass, was an eyesore visible throughout the city.
- Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station...2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58
- Synonyms:
- blot
- Antonyms:
- feast for the eyes, eye candy
eyesore meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
eyesore in Tamil
- கண்ணறாவி, கண்ணுறுத்தல், கண்வலி
eyesore in Bengali
- an eyesore
- চোখের বালি cōkher bali
eyesore in Malayalam
- ugly sight, blot (on the landscape), mess
- നേത്രപീഡ, വിരൂപദൃശ്യം, കണ്ണിലെകരട്, കണ്ണിനു വെറുപ്പായത്, വികൃതമുഖം, വെറുപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ദൃശ്യം
eyesore in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಣುನೋವು, ಕಣ್ಣುಬೇನೆ, ಕಣ್ಗಿಸುರು
More languagesFewer languages
- eyesore in Tagalog
- sulyak
- eyesore in Thai
- ทัศนะอุจาด tát-sà-ná ù-jàat
- eyesore in Vietnamese
- điều ngứa mắt, điều chướng mắt
Synonyms of eyesore
Antonyms
Forms of eyesore
| plural | eyesores |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eye-sore |
Origin of eyesore
From Middle English eye sor, eie-sor, eyen soore, eæge-sare, equivalent to eye + sore.
Questions about eyesore
- What does eyesore mean?
- Eyesore means an eye lesion.
- What is eyesore in Tamil?
- Eyesore in Tamil is கண்ணறாவி, கண்ணுறுத்தல், கண்வலி. See Eyesore meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is eyesore?
- Eyesore is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eyesore?
- Eyesore is pronounced /ˈaɪsɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of eyesore?
- The plural of eyesore is eyesores.
Words near eyesore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eyesore (page history and authors); eyesore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চোখের বালি (Bengali) (page history and authors); eyesore (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); eyesore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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