hideous

Example Sentences

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He walked seven batters every nine innings, which is hideous.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Rathnayake charged him a ball later and was caught skying a hideous swipe.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The accompanying photo portraits are mostly hideous, in Ms. Wiles’s case also ill-mannered and unkind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The boy-ogre bared his teeth at me with his lips curled up, in the hideous grimace the Humans call a smile.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth