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hideous

[hid-ee-uhs] / ˈhɪd i əs /
ADJECTIVE
grotesque, horrible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abominable appalling awful disgusting dreadful frightful ghastly grim grisly gruesome hateful horrendous horrid macabre monstrous nasty odious repulsive revolting shocking terrible terrifying ugly weird
WEAK
animal bestial detestable gross loathsome morbid offensive repellent repugnant sick sickening uncomely unsightly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreeable attractive beautiful pleasant pleasing pretty

Example Sentences

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No Triple Crown, no hope of winning the Six Nations title, no end to their hideous run of defeats against Ireland - now standing at 12 and with no discernible sign of it stopping there.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Overnight my finger had become more hideous than Antony Ralston's backpass against Switzerland at last year's Euros.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

That two of them involve hideous versions of childbirth isn’t accidental.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

“What a horrible story! What a hideous play!” a theater critic for the Daily Telegraph lamented after the London premiere of “Hedda Gabler” in 1891.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

She bared her long brown teeth at him in a hideous grin.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda