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   hideous

   /ˈhɪdɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. extremely ugly: "hideous lizard-like creatures" Similar uglyunsightlyrepulsiverepellentrevoltinggruesomedisgustinggrotesquemonstrousgrimghastlymacabremisshapenmisproportionedreptilianinformal:weirdfreakyas ugly as sinfuglylike the back end of a bushuckeryOpposite beautiful
   • ▪ extremely unpleasant: "the whole hideous story" Similar horrificterribleappallingawfuldreadfulfrightfulfearfulhorriblehorrendoushorrifyingshockingsickeninggruesomeghastlyvery badterribly badunspeakableoutrageousabhorrentmonstrousheinousabominablefoulvileodiousloathsomecontemptibleexecrableindescribableinformal:godawfulbeastlyrare:egregiousOpposite pleasant

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French hidos, hideus, from hide, hisde ‘fear’, of unknown origin.

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   • 1. hideousness noun

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   What is a hideous crime?

   • 1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive. 2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime. 3. distressing; appalling: hideous expense. hid′e•ous•ness, hid`e•os′i•ty (-ˈɒs ɪ ti) n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   What does hideous mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of HIDEOUS is offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly. How to use hideous in a sentence.

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   How do you describe a hideous event?

   • You can describe an event, experience, or action as hideous when you mean that it is very unpleasant, painful, or difficult to bear. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang. It's been a perfectly hideous day. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What is a hideous responsibility?

   • That is an appalling prospect, and a hideous responsibility would descend on the shoulders of anyone who connived at or accepted such a proposal. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Hideous means very ugly or unattractive, or very unpleasant, painful, or difficult to bear. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and word origin of hideous.

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   horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster. Synonyms: ghastly, appalling, dreadful, monstrous, odious, detestable, repellent, grim, grisly. Antonyms: attractive, pleasing. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.

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    Hideous is a word that means extremely ugly. Anything or anybody that is painful — and a little scary — to look at is hideous. This is a strong word. If you have a zit on your nose, you might feel hideous, but you're probably not. Only terrifyingly ugly people and things are truly hideous.