eye candy

noun

: something superficially attractive to look at

Examples of eye candy in a Sentence

A lot of the material on their website is just eye candy. a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
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Or maybe Travis is just Western eye candy before the killing resumes next week. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024 Anderson makes that suspension of disbelief easy enough, however, through skillful orchestration of atmospheric and action-ful eye candy. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 But the off-kilter offerings at Dior, Burberry, and Tory Burch are also eye candy, proving that the pieces below will elevate your wardrobe with pretty much zero effort. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 Although Rancho Mirage’s housing market isn’t competitive as the last few years, the Coachella Valley community continues to tote some of the best architectural eye candy. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eye candy

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eye candy was in 1978

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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20candy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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