"eye-wateringly" meaning in English

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      "form": "most eye-wateringly",
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        {
          "ref": "1994 April 8, Eric Asimov, “Arts”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Another Indonesian soup, asam shrimp […], includes incredibly fresh shrimp in their shells and okra in a tamarind broth that is wonderfully tart and sweet and eye-wateringly spicy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 7, Suzi Feay, “Where are the new UK lesbian writers?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "It is first and foremost a literary prize, something I have to keep telling myself after reading the umpteenth eye-wateringly explicit gay sex scene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 27, Alison Taylor, “Riga, Warsaw and Bucharest: the new frontiers of fashion”, in Daily Telegraph",
          "text": "[…] there are ladylike looks from Dior and Lanvin sitting alongside more rock’n’roll (and eye wateringly expensive) Balenciaga and Balmain pastel leather bombers and luxe denims.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 21, Phil De Semlyen, “The Worst Movies of 2015”, in Empire",
          "text": "[…] the story gave way to a lot of gung-ho nonsense about insurgents, some sub-Loaded male bonding and an eyewateringly terrible final act.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2016, David Robert Grimes, quoted in Abby Ohlheiser, “Why the Internet’s biggest conspiracy theories don’t make mathematical sense,” Washington Post, 28 January, 2016,\nI hope that by showing how eye-wateringly unlikely some alleged conspiracies are, some people will reconsider their anti-science beliefs."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "In a manner or to a degree that causes one’s eyes to water or tear up, often due to an emotional situation or sentimental feelings, or due to shocking or exciting events."
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          "water",
          "water"
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          "tear up",
          "tear up"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eyewateringly"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "eye-wateringly"
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    {
      "form": "more eye-wateringly",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most eye-wateringly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1994 April 8, Eric Asimov, “Arts”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Another Indonesian soup, asam shrimp […], includes incredibly fresh shrimp in their shells and okra in a tamarind broth that is wonderfully tart and sweet and eye-wateringly spicy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 7, Suzi Feay, “Where are the new UK lesbian writers?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "It is first and foremost a literary prize, something I have to keep telling myself after reading the umpteenth eye-wateringly explicit gay sex scene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 27, Alison Taylor, “Riga, Warsaw and Bucharest: the new frontiers of fashion”, in Daily Telegraph",
          "text": "[…] there are ladylike looks from Dior and Lanvin sitting alongside more rock’n’roll (and eye wateringly expensive) Balenciaga and Balmain pastel leather bombers and luxe denims.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 21, Phil De Semlyen, “The Worst Movies of 2015”, in Empire",
          "text": "[…] the story gave way to a lot of gung-ho nonsense about insurgents, some sub-Loaded male bonding and an eyewateringly terrible final act.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2016, David Robert Grimes, quoted in Abby Ohlheiser, “Why the Internet’s biggest conspiracy theories don’t make mathematical sense,” Washington Post, 28 January, 2016,\nI hope that by showing how eye-wateringly unlikely some alleged conspiracies are, some people will reconsider their anti-science beliefs."
        }
      ],
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        "In a manner or to a degree that causes one’s eyes to water or tear up, often due to an emotional situation or sentimental feelings, or due to shocking or exciting events."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "eyewateringly"
    }
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  "word": "eye-wateringly"
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