eyesore

noun

eye·​sore ˈī-ˌsȯr How to pronounce eyesore (audio)
: something offensive to view
the old factory has become an eyesore

Examples of eyesore in a Sentence

The shack is a real eyesore. the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore
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Not pressure washing your driveway can lead to structural damage or even safety hazards on top of the inevitable eyesore. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 June 2025 Our Place Wonder Oven $185 Amazon Sometimes kitchen appliances can be an eyesore, but that’s not the case with Our Place’s toaster oven. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025 But the hotel devolved from an icon to an eyesore in the decades preceding its demolition late last year, months after a fire tore through its long-vacant interior the night of Saturday, June 15, 2024. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025 Logan Singerman, executive director of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, said there are examples around the city where vacant lots — once eyesores — have been transformed into places where neighborhood residents want to spend time. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyesore

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eyesore was in 1530

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“Eyesore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyesore. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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eyesore

noun
eye·​sore ˈī-ˌsōr How to pronounce eyesore (audio)
-ˌsȯr
: something displeasing to the sight

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