eyesore

Converse of object

• tackle: We tackle environmental eyesores such as graffiti, litter and overgrown vegetation helping to make Dartford a cleaner place to live.
• remove: The overall aims of the team are to take appropriate action to remove the environmental eyesores that damage the City's appearance.
• become: The stores, which were used in the heyday of the herring fishing industry, had become an eyesore on the harbor front.
• create: THE FACTS - There is no intention of creating a concrete eyesore that will dominate the Rec.
• transform: TWO residents have used ' people power ' to get an eyesore transformed into a beautiful garden for the benefit of their community.
• remain: This block was rarely used and remained an empty eyesore for years.

Adjective modifier

• derelict: Sat May 06, 2006 7:54 am Guest a derelict eyesore?
• concrete: The Elephant & Castle is best known for its pink concrete eyesore.
• environmental: The overall aims of the team are to take appropriate action to remove the environmental eyesores that damage the City's appearance.
• bad: In 1829 the block was condemned as the worse eyesore in the parish.
• local: Grants Guide Got an idea to improve a local eyesore or improve the environment?
• real: When concrete starts to chip and flake it can be a real eyesore.

Modifies a noun

• site: A sensitive redevelopment of an eyesore site can enhance the area.
• building: Banksy makes everything from massive murals to tiny stencils, mostly on falling down or eyesore buildings.

Noun used with modifier

• town: The scheme to replace the current town center eyesore with 65 new car park spaces should be completed by March.
• center: The scheme to replace the current town center eyesore with 65 new car park spaces should be completed by March.
• 1960s: Greenwich Hospital is a 1960s eyesore, which will be turned into new homes for first time purchasers and key workers.

Preposition: in

• village: PROJECT SUMMARY A derelict site, a former public toilet, was an eyesore in the village of Kirn.
• heart: After its closure it was left unoccupied for several years eventually becoming an eyesore in the heart of the village.

Preposition: for

• year: This site, next to the chemist, has been an eyesore for years.