noun
Meaning 1
An eye lesion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eyesore
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈaɪsɔː/
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US: /ˈaɪsoɹ/
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US: īʹsôr
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rhymes with -aɪsɔː(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A displeasing sight; something prominently ugly or unsightly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The building, towering over its surroundings with its square concrete frame and reflective walls of gold-tinted glass, was an eyesore visible throughout the city.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blot
Antonyms: feast for the eyes, eye candy
noun
Meaning 3
something very ugly and offensive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ugliness
History
Etymology
From Middle English eye sor, eie-sor, eyen soore, eæge-sare, equivalent to eye + sore.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 篤口篤鼻 /笃口笃鼻 (duk1 hau2 duk1 bei6) — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Cantonese: 篤眼篤鼻 /笃眼笃鼻 (duk1 ngaan5 duk1 bei6) — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Cantonese: 眼冤 (ngaan5 jyun1) — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Mandarin: 眼中釘 /眼中钉 (yǎnzhōngdīng) — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Mandarin: 肉中刺,眼中釘 /肉中刺 — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Mandarin: 眼中钉 (ròuzhōngcì, yǎnzhōngdīng) — a displeasing sight
- Chinese Mandarin: 有礙觀瞻 /有碍观瞻 (yǒu'àiguānzhān) — a displeasing sight
- Danish: øjebæ — a displeasing sight
- Finnish: rumilus — a displeasing sight
- French: horreur — a displeasing sight
- Galician: cordobello — a displeasing sight
- Galician: calandraca — a displeasing sight
- German: Schandfleck — a displeasing sight
- German: Unzierde — a displeasing sight
- Hebrew: מַחֲזֶה לֹא נָעִים (makhazé lo na'ím) — a displeasing sight
- Hungarian: csúfság — a displeasing sight
- Hungarian: (to be an eyesore) bántja a szemet — a displeasing sight
- Hungarian: éktelenkedik — a displeasing sight
- Italian: pugno in un occhio — a displeasing sight
- Italian: obbrobrio — a displeasing sight
- Japanese: 目障り (mezawari) — a displeasing sight
- Korean: 눈엣가시 (nunetgasi) — a displeasing sight
- Latin: rēs odiōsa — a displeasing sight
- Macedonian: очобол (očobol) — a displeasing sight
- Polish: brzydactwo — a displeasing sight
- Polish: paskudztwo — a displeasing sight
- Polish: szkarada — a displeasing sight
- Polish: szkaradzieństwo — a displeasing sight
- Romanian: oroare vizuală — a displeasing sight
- Romanian: dezgust vizual — a displeasing sight
- Russian: уро́дство (uródstvo) — a displeasing sight
- Spanish: esperpento — a displeasing sight
- Swedish: skamfläck — a displeasing sight
- Swedish: schabrak — a displeasing sight
- Tagalog: sulyak — a displeasing sight
- Thai: ทัศนะอุจาด (tát-sà-ná ù-jàat) — a displeasing sight
- Vietnamese: điều ngứa mắt — a displeasing sight
- Vietnamese: điều chướng mắt — a displeasing sight
- Welsh: dolur llygad — a displeasing sight
Real reading context