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Synonyms for hideous
ˈhɪd i əshideous
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Wiktionary
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
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #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?
Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
It was hideous, the lucky families were the ones living in 30-foot FEMA trailers with six or seven other people.
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime - namely, repressive justice.
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.
We couldn't believe it, here( in) 2022, here in Surfside. This is absolutely hideous.
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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