Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes.

  2. (figuratively)Having an extremely bad odour.

  3. (figuratively)So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water.

  4. (figuratively)Of a shocking or surprising nature.

Origin

From eye + watering.

From eye + watering.

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Forms

more eye-watering, most eye-watering
Comparativemore eye-watering Lesson
Superlativemost eye-watering Lesson

regular

Synonyms

44 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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