eyeful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A full or complete view; a good look.
noun
A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
adj
Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
Example Sentences
- "Get an eyeful of this!"
- "'Dat you, Robber? Lissen, Da Big Man muss be n'town. Whaddya mean yuh jes talked wit him 'n New York? Ah jes seen his gal 'n a Clearwater cab, one of da Stassen Company's. Headin' over da Causeway. Sho Ahm sartin. Cross ma heart. Couldn mistake dat eyeful.'"
- "I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust."
- "an eyeful of tears"
- "We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep."
- "With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
eyefuls (plural)
eyesful (plural)
eye-full (alternative)
more eyeful (comparative)
most eyeful (superlative)