eyesore
Landscape's ugly blotch
An eyesore is something unpleasant to look at, especially a building or structure that mars its surroundings: The abandoned factory is an eyesore on Main Street.
The word suggests visual offense in an otherwise acceptable setting—not just ugliness, but ugliness that stands out and bothers people.
Unpleasant to look at
- hideousExtremely unpleasant to see
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- uglyDispleasing to look at
repulsive · offensive · garish · gaudy · tasteless · tacky · kitschy · monstrous
Hideously malformed creature
- carbuncleMulti-headed skin infection
- blotMark left by spillage
- blemishVisible flaw or mark
- uglinessDispleasing appearance quality
deformity · disfigurement · excrescence · blight · dump · hovel · shack · ruin
Mark left by spillage
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- blemishVisible flaw or mark
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
obstruction · windmill · transmission tower · cell tower · satellite dish · fence · quarry · clearcut
Plant disease causing decay
- urban decayCity infrastructure deterioration
- slumImpoverished urban district
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
billboard · parking lot · strip mall · smokestacks · power lines · junkyard · landfill · wasteland
unsightly
Unpleasant to look at
- hideousExtremely unpleasant to see
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
ugly · repulsive · offensive · garish · gaudy · tasteless · tacky · kitschy · monstrous · frightful
monstrosity
Hideously malformed creature
ugliness · deformity · disfigurement · excrescence · blight · dump · hovel · shack · ruin · wreck
blot
Mark left by spillage
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- blemishVisible flaw or mark
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
intrusion · obstruction · windmill · transmission tower · cell tower · satellite dish · fence · quarry · clearcut · erosion
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- urban decayCity infrastructure deterioration
- slumImpoverished urban district
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
graffiti · billboard · parking lot · strip mall · smokestacks · power lines · junkyard · landfill · wasteland · brownfield
abomination
Loathsome, detestable thing
offense · affront · outrage · travesty · insult · aberration · anomaly · irritant · annoyance · bother
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- eyesoresblight, garbage, trash, junk, litter
- uglinessugliness, unattractiveness, unsightliness, hideousness, homeliness
- clunkersjalopy, junker, clunker, beater, heap
- rundown buildingsshack, hovel, shanty, ruin, abandoned building
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition
eyesorebeauty
Aesthetic excellence
sight for sore eyes · vision · feast for the eyes · eye candy · thing of beauty
eyesorelandmark
Notable point of reference
showpiece · crown jewel · masterpiece · architectural marvel · architectural masterpiece