eye-popping

See also: eyepopping

English

Etymology

The image is of a viewer's eyes opening wide to the point of popping out.

Adjective

eye-popping (comparative more eye-popping, superlative most eye-popping)

1. (informal) Astonishing, stunning, incredible.
   • 2023 September 30, Alexis Petridis, “U2 review – an utterly astonishing, admirably raw Vegas extravaganza”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London:

     This cocktail of eye-popping visuals and slightly unruly performances absolutely works, allaying any concerns that a band from the post-punk era and the old showbiz connotations of a residency in Las Vegas constitute a slightly uncomfortable fit, regardless of how many millions of records the band has sold, or how mainstream an audience they’ve attracted in the interim.

   • 2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     And most eye-popping of all, Rep. Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.

Derived terms

• eye-poppingly

Translations

visually astonishing

• Esperanto: okulfrapa
• Finnish: silmät räväyttävä
• German: beeindruckend (de), spektakulär (de), atemberaubend (de), sagenhaft (de), gewaltig ins Auge fallend, staunenerregend, in Erstaunen verrsetzend
• Portuguese: impressionante (pt)