Advertisement
Advertisement
hideous
[hid-ee-uhs]
adjective
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly.
a hideous monster.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,Antonyms: ,shocking or revolting to the moral sense.
a hideous crime.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,distressing; appalling.
the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
hideous
/ ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ, ˈhɪdɪəs /
adjective
extremely ugly; repulsive
a hideous person
terrifying and horrific
Other Word Forms
- hideously adverb
- hideousness noun
- hideosity noun
- unhideous adjective
- unhideously adverb
- unhideousness noun
- ˈdzܲ adverb
- ˈdzܲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hideous1
Example Sentences
Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things.
"Who the hell in the world can cope with those interest rates? Nobody. No business anywhere can cope with that. It's hideous," he said.
Dunlop had told the Parole Board panel he had been a "violent, hideous, uncaring person" who could have gone on to kill other people.
"It's just been hideous, really hideous, and I don't know why it happened," Naomi tells us.
The yard was hideous, she said, composed almost entirely of boring hedges.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse