eye-searing
adj1
Painful to look at.
- Bright red light filled the room, it was eye-searing, yet strangely familiar.
- The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material.2018 September 20, Graeme Virtue, “Shania Twain review – barnstorming, thigh-slapping spectacular”, in The Guardian:
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- The perfect lockdown antidote: get in a plane and see New York, or the Amalfi coast, or the Himalayas, in eye-searing detail2020 August 18, Keith Stuart, “Microsoft Flight Simulator review – buckle in and see the world”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- eye bleach, eye-opening, eye-watering