as in cotton candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
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Recent Examples of eye candy
The interiors aren’t the only eye candy though: Consider the gobsmacking sunsets on view from the terrace overlooking the lake.
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Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
Flowers aren’t simply eye candy—each type of bloom has a different meaning.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
The sleep aide wakes up the weary with customizable light settings and soothing sounds—not to mention, will look like total eye candy on her nightstand.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
The short answer is: The ’25 show still follows much the same template as ’24, with the same video bookends and a return of some of those favorite visualizer setpieces, but with maybe 30-40% new eye candy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
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Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
Flowers aren’t simply eye candy—each type of bloom has a different meaning.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
The sleep aide wakes up the weary with customizable light settings and soothing sounds—not to mention, will look like total eye candy on her nightstand.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
The short answer is: The ’25 show still follows much the same template as ’24, with the same video bookends and a return of some of those favorite visualizer setpieces, but with maybe 30-40% new eye candy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye candy
cotton candy
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And the cotton candy slush isn’t the only drink arriving at the fast food chain this summer.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Graeter's Cotton Candy ice cream contains Red Dye 3 According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Graeter's cotton candy ice cream flavor contains Red Dye No. 3.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye%20candy. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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