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eye⋅sore

  [ahy-sawr, ahy-sohr]
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–noun
something unpleasant to look at: The run-down house was an eyesore to the neighbors.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see eye, sore
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Eye sores
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eye·sore   (ī'sôr', ī'sōr')   
n.  Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

eyesore 
"something offensive to the eye," 1530, from eye + sore (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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