eyesore

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thing that is conspicuously ugly or unpleasant to look at

   The abandoned concrete tower had become an eyesore for the whole neighborhood.

2. 2
   noun

   a thing regarded as offensive, objectionable, or persistently irritating

   The badly drafted will had long been an eyesore to the lawyer.

From Middle English eye sore, literally 'a sore of the eye.' The expression shifted from an ailment affecting sight to something that figuratively pains the eye because it is conspicuously ugly or objectionable.

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