hideous
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
Origin of hideous
1Other words for hideous
Opposites for hideous
Other words from hideous
- hid·e·ous·ly, adverb
- hid·e·ous·ness, hid·e·os·i·ty [hid-ee-os-i-tee], /ˌhɪd iˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- un·hid·e·ous, adjective
- un·hid·e·ous·ly, adverb
- un·hid·e·ous·ness, noun
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How to use hideous in a sentence
There’s Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, the hideous yet hapless Trumpist who mentored hatemonger Stephen Miller.
MAGA Moron Mo Brooks Proves Alabama Isn’t Sending Its Best | Molly Jong-Fast | May 13, 2021 | The Daily BeastFor others, it’s an ugly graveyard, the evidence of one of our nation’s most hideous acts of industrial hubris, damning the Southwest’s largest free-flowing artery, the Colorado River.
You can draw the line from Andy Warhol to these hideous, hundred-and-whatever storied towers full of super rich semi-residents along the southern edge of Central Park.
How Does New York City Keep Reinventing Itself? (Bonus) | Kurt Andersen | March 21, 2021 | FreakonomicsAs hideous as it is now, to Peinado and others there’s no way to imagine it getting anything but worse.
What’s Behind the Effort to Recall Council President Jen Campbell | Scott Lewis | February 9, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoSomehow, a campus I once thought hideous has become beautiful to me.
“We went on to Tramp…He was the most hideous dancer I had ever seen,” she tells the Mail.
On Christmas Day, sometime after dark, a hideous fire overtook the venue: 100 firefighters, 33 fire trucks, a four-alarm blaze.
The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot | Shinan Govani | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the Jamaica Observer routinely runs hideous cartoons about gay people and incites violence against them.
How Maurice Tomlinson Was Outed in Jamaica—and Forced Into Exile | Jay Michaelson | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be clear, this account is in no way meant to excuse these hideous attacks—only perhaps to explain them.
Is Brooklyn Becoming Unsafe for Gays? It Depends On Which Ones | Jay Michaelson | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese “Book of Eli” deserts are where the imagined, however bizarre or hideous, can turn undeniably real.
Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeOn the upper part of each of these posts was a rude carving of a hideous human face with prominent teeth.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeA hideous old crone covered with rags knelt beside the Duchesss, who on leaving the church offered her holy water.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceDuring all this time they howl continually in a most discordant manner, and make the most hideous faces.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIn the second part of the poem the lady is threatened by an unwelcome suitor, in the person of a hideous giant.
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
British Dictionary definitions for hideous
/ (ˈhɪdɪəs) /
extremely ugly; repulsive: a hideous person
terrifying and horrific
Origin of hideous
1Derived forms of hideous
- hideously, adverb
- hideousness or hideosity (ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ), noun
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