eye-watering
Meaning
Adjective
- Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes.
- Having an extremely bad odour.
- So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water.
- Of a shocking or surprising nature.
Origin
- eye + watering
Modern English dictionary
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