hideous
adjective
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly.
hideously
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a word derived from
hideous.
Example Sentences
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He had spent two years in a standard hospital bed, provided by the NHS, which he described as "hideously uncomfortable" and like "torture".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
When everyone is amazingly amazing at being amazing, however, the experience is so rote that you’ll be rooting for something to go hideously wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
By 1986 she and my father were divorcing, and hideously.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
On the screen we saw an aerial view of destroyed buildings, cratered streets, a bifurcated highway and then CSUN’s 2-year-old C-lot parking structure, which was bent hideously, like a broken leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
