单词	eyesore
释义	eyesoreeye‧sore /ˈaɪsɔː $ -sɔːr/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Many residents consider the old house an eyesore. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Brighter street lights, however, could not direct attention from the growing number of commercial eyesores taking power from the canal. It's worried that the resulting jumble of colours and designs would create an eyesore. Maybe one of the powerful merchants regarded it as an eyesore. Neighbors complained that it was an eyesore, covered by weeds and debris, and that the owner was unfairly avoiding taxes. The council says the dish is an eyesore and should be painted white again. They claim the air-bubble dome will be an eyesore. What the students had come to value as a wetland, the administration had seen as an eyesore. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorobject/building etc► ugly very unpleasant to look at: · Local residents think that the new shopping centre is one of the ugliest buildings in the city.· The room was bare except for a few pieces of ugly furniture. ► unsightly something that is unsightly is unpleasant to look at, and spoils the appearance of the things around it: · Bushes and plants make the perfect screen for unsightly objects such as dustbins.· Tight bras and knickers can cause unsightly bulges under close-fitting clothes. ► unattractive not at all pleasant to look at: · The town is surrounded by large, unattractive housing estates that nobody wants to live in.· Wearing an unattractive blouse and old-fashioned skirt, Lisa looked older than she was. ► hideous extremely ugly: · One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock.· Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange dress. ► revolting something that is revolting is so ugly that you do not like to look at it: · Remember that three piece suite Mrs Killeen had? It was grey and mustard. It was absolutely revolting!· Who's that TV presenter who always wears those revolting sweaters? ► monstrosity a very large ugly building or object: · I rented a Spanish-style monstrosity in Beverly Hills while my apartment was redecorated.· This building is another monstrosity celebrated as a brilliant piece of architecture. ► an eyesore a large and very ugly building that you cannot avoid seeing: · They built a huge office block right next to the old cathedral - what an eyesore!· Intended to be the world's largest casino, it now stands as an eyesore near the big tourist and convention hotels of New Orleans. ► blot on the landscape British something that spoils the view, especially an ugly building: · The container site at North Farm is a real blot on the landscape. something that is very ugly, especially a building surrounded by other things that are not ugly:  The factory is an eyesore.
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