eye candy

noun

: something superficially attractive to look at

Examples of eye candy in a Sentence

A lot of the material on their website is just eye candy. a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
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Despite providing much of the eye candy for almost every automotive event around the globe, Italy doesn’t have many world-class shows of its own. Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025 Related Articles Michele, who succeeded Pierpaolo Piccioli in 2024 after departing from Gucci in 2022, took inspiration for the spring 2025 collection from 18th- and 19th-century gardens that were constructed as eye candy. Marissa Muller, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025 Its booth is an oasis of eye candy if you’re entranced by anything to do with plumbing fixtures. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025 If interested in keeping all that eye candy with the apartment, the artwork can be negotiated separately. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for eye candy 

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eye candy was in 1978

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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20candy. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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