Meanings
plural sights for sore eyes
- idiomaticA pleasing sight; something that is beautiful to look at, particularly after a long period of deprivation.
After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.
1 more example
Janet (Marva Alexander): You're joking me. Yas! Tanice, look who's here! Tanice (Llewella Gideon): You are a sight for sore eyes.
2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye LaneAntonyms: eyesore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pleasing sight; something that is beautiful to look at, particularly after a long period of deprivation.
Translations
Dutch lust voor het oog
- lust voor het ooga pleasing sight
Finnish ilo silmälle
- ilo silmällea pleasing sight
French plaisir pour les yeux, régal pour les yeux
- plaisir pour les yeuxa pleasing sight
- régal pour les yeuxa pleasing sight
Hungarian öröm ránézni, szívderítő látvány
- öröm ránéznia pleasing sight
- szívderítő látványa pleasing sight
Italian un piacere per gli occhi
- un piacere per gli occhia pleasing sight
Polish mile widziany
- mile widzianya pleasing sight
Portuguese bons olhos te vejam
- bons olhos te vejama pleasing sight
Spanish placer para los ojos
- placer para los ojosa pleasing sight
Swedish en syn för trötta ögon
- en syn för trötta ögona pleasing sight
Cite this entry
sight for sore eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sight%20for%20sore%20eyes
“sight for sore eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sight%20for%20sore%20eyes. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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