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What does "eye-watering" mean in the following sentence?
"...he wore robes of an eye-watering shade of egg-yolk yellow."
source: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
4 Answers
- Anonymous7 years ago
The robes were so bright they made his eyes water.
- 7 years ago
His robes were so bright, they could make your eyes water if you looked at them.
- Erik Van ThienenLv 77 years ago
"eye-watering" (adjective) : (informal, especially British English) so high or extreme that it is difficult or painful to think about it
Examples :
"eye-watering fare increases"
"an eye-watering £20 million"
"The losses announced so far are eye-watering."
