as in cotton candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
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Recent Examples of eye candy
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Tim Burton and Henry Selick may seem more of a natural fit for Halloween than Christmas, but the maestros of the macabre's stop-motion holiday fable crafted pure eye candy.
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Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Dec. 2025
Keenan’s off-the-wall juxtapositions never disappoint: hospital-scrubs hue + leash-less leopard + lone laser printer + CMYK title x author name placement all in the lower third = inventive eye candy.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
The handsome men on the red carpet were our eye candy.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
But tour guides lead informative tours, audio guides supply relevant information and there’s enough Dylan eye candy to satisfy most visitors.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Dec. 2025
Keenan’s off-the-wall juxtapositions never disappoint: hospital-scrubs hue + leash-less leopard + lone laser printer + CMYK title x author name placement all in the lower third = inventive eye candy.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
The handsome men on the red carpet were our eye candy.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
But tour guides lead informative tours, audio guides supply relevant information and there’s enough Dylan eye candy to satisfy most visitors.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye candy
cotton candy
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This cotton candy shade packs a lot of punch when paired with tiny little accent hearts.—
Odeya Pinkus,
InStyle,
25 Jan. 2026
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Metler said the unicorn cotton candy is the undefeated favorite.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye%20candy. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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