eye-poppingadj.
/ˈʌɪˌpɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌpɑpɪŋ/ Originally U.S.
Surprising, astonishing, impressive; visually spectacular. Cf. pop v.1 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]
wonderlyc893
wonderfula1100
wondera1175
wondersa1300
marvellousc1330
marvela1400
marvelly?a1400
mirablec1429
admirablec1450
marvellablec1450
mirific1490
wondrous1509
extonious1548
portentious1549
miraculous1569
geason1572
mirificalc1572
astounding1590
amazing1593
wonderedc1595
admiring1598
prodigious1600
astonishable1603
fabulous1609
wondered-at?1611
necromantic1627
stupendous1640
nigromantic1645
mirandous1652
surprising1665
mirabundous1694
astonishinga1704
wondersome1774
sublime1813
nasty1834
kill-me-quite1842
breathtaking1843
breath-catching1865
miracle-working1867
mouth opening1867
stupefying1870
gee whiz1889
scorching1890
doozy1903
sensational1909
eye-popping1918
wunnerful1924
crashing1931
staggering1934
eyewatering1950
mind-boggling1955
Ozymandian1961
knock-out1966
mind-blowing1966
motherfucking1973
boggling1975
gobsmacking1981
tubular1982
1918 Los Angeles Daily Times 9 Aug. 5/2 (advt.) Simply ‘eye-popping’ prices.
1949 Boys' Life Dec. 50/1 This big new Boys' Life will be bright with eye-popping colors from cover to cover.
1968 Canberra Times 12 June 2/7 New strains of rice and wheat are doubling, even quadrupling and more, previous crops in Asia. The results are eye-popping.
1976 P. Anthony But what of Earth 142 Even in the gloom this had an eye-popping effect.
2010 Daily Tel. 5 July 17/1 This eye-popping figure should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Derivatives
ˈeye-ˌpoppingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb]
wonderlyc897
sellya1000
wonderc1175
wonderfullya1300
marvellouslya1382
marvellousa1400
marvelly?a1400
wonderful14..
wonderslyc1489
to marvelc1500
wondersc1528
wondrously1535
prodigiously1541
wondrous1557
admirably1570
admiredly1598
to a miracle?1614
marls1615
amazingly1650
miridically1652
mirificously1657
surprisingly1661
to wonder1661
astonishingly1668
prodigious1694
strikingly1752
amazing1760
à merveille1762
astoundingly1826
mirifically1873
breathtakingly1887
eye-poppingly1959
mind-bogglingly1973
staggeringly1976
mind-blowingly1977
1959 San Antonio (Texas) Express & News 1 Nov. (TV section) 2/1 Any way you look at her—and the looking is eye-poppingly good—Betty Hutton is a 3-D production.
1988 Ski Nov. 216/2 Now this eye-poppingly purple-and-yellow binding is available to the public.
2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) vii. 141 Beyond, into Wester Ross, lies glorious, mountainous, eye-poppingly spectacular scenery.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1918