Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: eye-watering

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Usage examples:

A Harry Potter first edition which was originally on sale in a bargain bucket for £10 in 1997 - and was then knocked down to £8 - has sold for an eye-watering sum at auction.

Source: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/harry-potter-book-bought-8-8975650

An eye-watering 978 have closed in England, plus another 81 in Scotland, 65 in Wales, 25 in Northern Ireland, and one in Isle of Wight.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/get-touch-warning-issued-anybody-27997738

An unemployed mother-of-two from Johannesburg won the eye-watering R75 million Powerball jackpot.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/lotto/powerball-jackpot-unemployed-mother-2023/

Briggs said: ”I went out with the housing licensing team last week in Gannow and it was eye-watering.

Source: https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/burnleys-bleak-rented-homes-plagued-by-black-mould-and-rats-3980782

By comparison, NASA's new SLS is estimated to cost an eye-watering $4.1 billion (£3.3 billion) per launch.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11671617/Starship-need-know-Elon-Musks-rocket-ahead-launch.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Council vehicles copped 163 fines for breaking road safety laws, with council staff racking up the eye-watering fines over the past five years.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12454843/Local-council-racks-50-000-worth-road-fines-despite-pushing-lower-speed-limit-30km-h-one-major-city.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Currently there is an eye-watering $1 billion in unclaimed property lying around.

Source: https://www.eptrail.com/2023/07/20/state-treasurer-dave-young-speaks-to-estes-park-chamber-of-commerce/

Despite already notching up an eye-watering 22 billion streams to date, Sivan hasn’t hesitated to double-down on his new record.

Source: https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/troye-sivan-announces-new-album-and-shares-lead-single/

Even though Google's standard Pixels are priced lower than rivals from Samsung and Apple, its foldable phone still starts at an eye-watering $1,800.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-oneplus-foldable-could-be-the-competitor-samsung-and-google-need/

Forecasters say there won’t be large breaks for much of America anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-smoky-stubborn-summer-america.html

Further, it is priced at 21x forward earnings, an eye-watering ask in my opinion.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4612981-qiagen-major-asset-growth-needed-post-covid-world?source=feed_all_articles

Given this song drags on for an eye-watering five minutes, you can see why the competition introduced a three minute time limit.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/eurovision-winners-list-ranked-b2336908.html

Graeme Souness has stressed that Liverpool's owners Fenway Sports Group will prioritise business over sentiment should they receive an eye-watering proposal from Al Ittihad for Mohamed Salah in the final stretch of the summer transfer window.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1807971/Liverpool-transfer-news-Graeme-Souness-FSG-Mohamed-Salah

He’s taken aback executives with eye-watering demands for 40% pay increases over the next four years and a 32-hour work week — unheard of in American manufacturing.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/18/companies/how-executives-misread-uaw-strike/

Inflation has eased back to 6.8% from a recent eye-watering peak of 11.1% last October, but is still far from the Bank’s 2% target.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23758038.bank-england-must-see-job-through-inflation-says-chief-economist/?ref=rss

Inner city apartment 'smaller than a prison cell' is listed for an eye-watering price amid Australia's rental crisis: 'Appalling and embarrassing'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12231401/TikTok-real-estate-commentator-Rach-McQueen-slams-Sydney-Redfern-prison-cell-one-bedroom-apartment.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In that time, he has conceded an eye-watering 39 goals - 15 of which have come in the Champions League.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/andre-onana-manutd-tenhag-premierleague-31692746

It costs an eye-watering $75,000 a night, which makes the Mark Penthouse at New York's Mark Hotel America's most expensive hotel room.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-11723915/The-expensive-hotel-suites-US.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

It is an eye-watering absentee list that increases the incline on an uphill battle against Liverpool, who have won four of the past five league meetings against United – scoring at least four goals in those wins.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-liverpool-erik-ten-hag-champions-league-bruno-fernandes-b2465241.html

It was 2006 and the eye-watering growth in China was starting to transform the world.

Source: https://mg.co.za/business/2023-12-02-eat-pray-invest-naspers-sees-gold-in-indias-trove-of-data/