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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She added they would "show how music and creativity can bring unity in times of just hideousness".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2022
They just kept taking swipe after swipe at the glum-looking, contorted hideousness of his face.
From New York Times ● May 3, 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
Well, if you did have to face the hideousness, it was a lot better to do so with an empty bladder.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
