eye-searing

English

Adjective

eye-searing (comparative more eye-searing, superlative most eye-searing)

  1. Painful to look at.
    Bright red light filled the room, it was eye-searing, yet strangely familiar.
    • 2018 September 20, Graeme Virtue, “Shania Twain review – barnstorming, thigh-slapping spectacular”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material.
    • 2020 August 18, Keith Stuart, “Microsoft Flight Simulator review – buckle in and see the world”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      The perfect lockdown antidote: get in a plane and see New York, or the Amalfi coast, or the Himalayas, in eye-searing detail
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