easy on the eyes

adjective

Physically attractive; beautiful.

Opposite
hard on the eyes
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Meanings

adjectiveeasy on the eyes (comparative more easy on the eyes, superlative most easy on the eyes)

comparative more easy on the eyes · superlative most easy on the eyes · alternative easy on the eye

  1. idiomaticPhysically attractive; beautiful.

    Those lovers, played by Vincent Perez and Rachel Weisz, are certainly easy on the eyes, but their romantic chemistry is tentative at best.

    1998 Jan. 23, Stephen Holden, "Ukrainian Patient: A Romance In the Rain" (film review of Swept from the Sea), New York Times (retrieved 2 Oct 2013)
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    Truly was this maiden, as his Chamberlain had said, noticeably easy on the eyes. Her beauty was as water in the desert, as fire on a frosty night, as diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, and amethysts.

    1922, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Coming of Gowf”, in The Clicking of Cuthbert

    Antonyms: hard on the eyes

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePhysically attractive; beautiful.

Opposite
hard on the eyes

Translations

Finnish hyvännäköinen
  • hyvännäköinenphysically attractive
French pas moche, pas désagréable à regarder
  • pas mochephysically attractive
  • pas désagréable à regarderphysically attractive
Romanian ușor de privit
  • ușor de privitphysically attractive
Russian симпатичный
  • симпатичный (simpatičnyj)physically attractive
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APA

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MLA

“easy on the eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/easy%20on%20the%20eyes. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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