eye candy

noun

: something superficially attractive to look at

Examples of eye candy in a Sentence

A lot of the material on their website is just eye candy. a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
Recent Examples on the Web Yet evolving into eye candy for humans has meant that designer ball pythons, when viewed at the species level, enjoy some of the evolutionary advantages of domestic animals, including wide dispersal. Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 All 15 of these spots offer some serious eye candy. Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024 Papier makes all kinds of eye candy, but this foil monogram option is one of our favorites for something as personal as a bullet journal. Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024 From classic A-frames to Craftsman bungalows to beachy retreats to modern marvels to mountain homes, there was a lot of design eye candy to take in. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023 Staff Pick: Cosmic eye candy The first images from a new dark matter-hunting telescope did not disappoint. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023 The pacing sometimes plods a bit, but likewise is juiced enough by regular infusions of eye candy to maintain interest. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023 The latter category was reserved for those competing, while the others were automotive eye candy supplied by select dealerships and manufacturers, such as Pagani of Beverly Hills, O’Gara, McLaren, and Bugatti, to name a few. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023 But the play trades too heavily on the architectural eye candy of its turntable set, which moves from the swank living room to the state-of-the-art kitchen to the upstairs guest bedroom. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eye candy was in 1978

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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20candy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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