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
Gill is the kind of Gen Z eye candy that cricket needs, especially as Kohli is urging youngsters to prioritize the Test match format.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 June 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
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
Flowers aren’t simply eye candy—each type of bloom has a different meaning.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 June 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
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
Flowers aren’t simply eye candy—each type of bloom has a different meaning.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye candy
cotton candy
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From $1,542 per night. Perks: Pool, full kitchen, sweeping views With its cotton candy blue shutters, sculptural ceilings, and splashy palette of pinks and oranges, every corner of this hilltop hideaway feels like it was designed to lift your mood.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
30 July 2025
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Vendors will be serving a variety of free food, and summer classics like popcorn and cotton candy.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye%20candy. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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