hideous
Americanadjective
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horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly.
a hideous monster.
- Antonyms:
- attractive, pleasing
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shocking or revolting to the moral sense.
a hideous crime.
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distressing; appalling.
the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
adjective
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extremely ugly; repulsive
a hideous person
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terrifying and horrific
Other Word Forms
- hideosity noun
- hideously adverb
- hideousness noun
- unhideous adjective
- unhideously adverb
- unhideousness noun
Etymology
Origin of hideous
1275–1325; Middle English hidous < Old French hisdos, equivalent to hisde horror, fright (perhaps < Old High German *egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -ous; suffix later assimilated to -eous
Example Sentences
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Rathnayake charged him a ball later and was caught skying a hideous swipe.
From BBC
With both my siblings gone, Mom moves to the armchair, relaxing against a hideous yellow pillow.
From Literature
She bared her long brown teeth at him in a hideous grin.
From Literature
But sometimes it’s easier to believe a pretty lie over a hideous truth.
From Literature
“They still have to get through the first half of this year, which is going to be hideous,” Vernon said.
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