as in messes
something unpleasant to look at
the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore
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Recent Examples of eyesores
Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Schools are taking parking lots and eyesores and developing them into districts where people live, work or play — ideally all three — beyond six or seven home games a year.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Fade and broken pieces are major eyesores.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 1 May 2026
Cover up any household eyesores using a tension rod and a curtain cut to size.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
If the several buildings the report says Taxpayer 1 was delinquent on taxes included, say, a bar or ramshackle eyesores, that will look like something other than Stewart extending kindness to a stranger.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Keep your neighbors happy by avoiding these front-yard faux pas that are definitely eyesores.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Two eyesores immediately leap at any sensible person with a soul.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
As far as land, many data centers are renovating large, old and abandoned sites that have sat as toxic eyesores for years.
—Mehdi Paryavi, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Schools are taking parking lots and eyesores and developing them into districts where people live, work or play — ideally all three — beyond six or seven home games a year.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Fade and broken pieces are major eyesores.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 1 May 2026
Cover up any household eyesores using a tension rod and a curtain cut to size.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
If the several buildings the report says Taxpayer 1 was delinquent on taxes included, say, a bar or ramshackle eyesores, that will look like something other than Stewart extending kindness to a stranger.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Keep your neighbors happy by avoiding these front-yard faux pas that are definitely eyesores.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Two eyesores immediately leap at any sensible person with a soul.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
As far as land, many data centers are renovating large, old and abandoned sites that have sat as toxic eyesores for years.
—Mehdi Paryavi, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyesores
Noun
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Customize the cycle for each specific load, such as pots and pans, delicate china, and caked-on messes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Regular cleaning prevents odors, messes, and keeps your kitchen organized.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities.—
Caroline Lillian Schopp,
Artforum,
13 May 2026
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Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If Son of Saul was about the horrors of war, Moulin is about the climate of war, and the opening is breathtakingly tense in that respect.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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Yenor’s suggestion that feminism—with its attendant horrors of work outside the home, birth control, and financial independence—has made women neurotic and dependent on pharmaceuticals is now an article of faith on the right.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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