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Synonyms for hideous
ˈhɪd i əshideous
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hideousadjective
Synonyms:
horrid, grim, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, grotesque, terriblehideousadjective
Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
A piteous and hideous spectacle. Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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grotesque, frightful, grisly, terrible, horrid, ghastly, grim, dreadfulhideousadjective
Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
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grisly, grim, terrible, frightful, grotesque, dreadful, ghastly, horridhideousadjective
Hateful; shocking.
Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. - William Shakespeare
Synonyms:
terrible, dreadful, grim, grotesque, ghastly, frightful, grisly, horrid
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hideous
Synonyms:
awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasantAntonyms:
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty
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Princeton's WordNet
hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
Synonyms:
dread(a), fearsome, extortionate, direful, terrible, horrific, dreaded, dire, unconscionable, fearful, frightening, horrendous, awful, usurious, exorbitant, dreadful, outrageous, repulsive, steep, horridAntonyms:
beautiful, inoffensivehideous, repulsiveadjective
so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
"a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
Synonyms:
detestable, repugnant, repulsive(a), outrageous, horrific, obscene, horrid, abhorrent, repulsiveAntonyms:
inoffensive, beautiful
Editors Contribution
ugly
something that isn't pretty is ugly.
the combination of those colors is really hideous!
Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6918 | terrible | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12815 | steep | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14856 | grim | |
#16120 | dire | |
#17155 | outrageous | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#19434 | obscene | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#21931 | disgusting | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#36370 | gruesome | |
#36903 | grotesque | |
#37348 | horrid | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#43152 | repulsive | |
#45066 | unattractive | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#47042 | ghastly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#55326 | repugnant | |
#55433 | exorbitant | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58157 | grisly | |
#62476 | unconscionable | |
#74271 | abhorrent | |
#97969 | detestable | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#121797 | ungainly | |
#144385 | extortionate | |
#195123 | usurious | |
#212513 | unlovely |
How to use hideous in a sentence?
In the midst of such profound anguish, one memory fills us with hope, when evil showed its hideous face, Americans of all walks of life rose up -- and they did, they rose up -- they defied fear, they stared down death to protect the innocent. And stand tall they did just for righteous and for good.
Similarly, there continues to be a hideous torrent of abuse towards trans people online and out in the world that is devastating.
I saw—with shut eyes, but acute mental vision—I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.
Translations for hideous
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- scheußlich, abscheulichGerman
- βδελυρόςGreek
- discordante, atemorizante, chocante, odioso, horrible, estridente, ruidoso, horrendoSpanish
- hirvittävä, hirveä, kauhea, inhottavaFinnish
- hideuxFrench
- ûnsjochWestern Frisian
- förtelmes, undok, utálatos, szörnyűHungarian
- orrendo, odioso, orribile, detestabileItalian
- afzichtelijkDutch
- uhyrlig, fæl, styggNorwegian
- ohydny, obrzydliwyPolish
- отврати́тельный, стра́шный, ужа́сныйRussian
- огиднийUkrainian
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