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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
ranking | word | |
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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?
The more dirty, hideous people you meet, the more your thrashing gains. My thrashing is my pride in such days"..
It was hideous, the lucky families were the ones living in 30-foot FEMA trailers with six or seven other people.
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.
Killing innocent civilians is a horrific, hideous act that no religion can approve
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
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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