Usually means: Causing tears or extreme discomfort.
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  1. eye-watering: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. eye-watering, eye-watering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. eye-watering: Wordnik
  4. eye-watering: Wiktionary

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adjective:  Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes.
adjective:  (figurative) Having an extremely bad odour.
adjective:  (figurative) So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water.
adjective:  (figurative) Of a shocking or surprising nature.

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