sights to behold

Worth your gaze

Sights to behold are things worth seeing—spectacles, scenes, or views that merit attention and admiration.

The phrase often carries a note of wonder or impressiveness: The northern lights were a sight to behold.

It can also be used sarcastically for something notably ugly or ridiculous: After the mud run, we were quite a sight to behold.

Related

meteor shower · starry night · cathedral · ancient ruins · double rainbow · coral reef · aurora borealis · star cluster · sunset · skyscraper · hot air balloons · geyser · rainforest canopy · glacier · planetary alignment · mountain range · cherry blossoms · blossom

Opposites
visual impressiveness

sights to beholdnothing special

Lacking distinction or note

eyesores · eyesore · nothing to see · blight · bleak landscapes

aesthetic quality

sights to beholdeyesores

Offensive things to behold

blight · ugliness · visual pollution · monstrosities · abominations

Family

sight, sights, sighted, sighting, sightings, sightless, sightly, unsightly, oversight

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G