hideous
adjective
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly.
hideousness
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a word derived from
hideous.
Example Sentences
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Within arm’s reach is a carved bust of what could be a cherub—smatterings of beauty and delight among the hideousness.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
She added they would "show how music and creativity can bring unity in times of just hideousness".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2022
Krasinski has clearly absorbed a lesson in conceptual economy from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," and like a "Jaws"-era Steven Spielberg, he takes his time revealing the monsters in all their sharp-fanged, big-eared hideousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2018
Here, let us admit that neither The Snowman nor Geostorm can rival The Room for its jaw-dropping hideousness.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2017
Its style was lively and direct; he presented the fever in all its hideousness and did not spare any details.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
