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
From Kofi to Tyler, Maxwell and Lance, the eye candy was plentiful at this year's ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
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Essence, 7 July 2025
The lace detailing is the real eye candy, though the classic silhouette and midi length contribute to its star power, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 June 2025
The interiors aren’t the only eye candy though: Consider the gobsmacking sunsets on view from the terrace overlooking the lake.
—Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
In that benighted era, smart and beautiful women like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday were perennially cast in jiggle roles: empty headed, screen-filling eye candy.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Essence, 7 July 2025
The lace detailing is the real eye candy, though the classic silhouette and midi length contribute to its star power, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 June 2025
The interiors aren’t the only eye candy though: Consider the gobsmacking sunsets on view from the terrace overlooking the lake.
—Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
In that benighted era, smart and beautiful women like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday were perennially cast in jiggle roles: empty headed, screen-filling eye candy.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye candy
cotton candy
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Today, Sweeney is on the hunt for McIntosh apples and cotton candy grapes, neither of which are in stock.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Place a small handful of cotton candy on top.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye%20candy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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