: 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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For some 40 years, the land has sat unused, generating little tax revenue and posing as an eyesore.
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
Something that can grace our bedside without looking like an eyesore.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the not-in-my-backyard crowd has less to complain about when the eyesores in question are barely visible on the horizon.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
Something that can grace our bedside without looking like an eyesore.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the not-in-my-backyard crowd has less to complain about when the eyesores in question are barely visible on the horizon.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eyesore
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“Eyesore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyesore. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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eyesore
noun
eye·sore
ˈī-ˌsōr 
-ˌsȯr
: something displeasing to the sight
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