hideous

/ˈhɪd.i.əs/adjective3 syllables

Hideous means: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror.

Synonyms for hideous13

adjective, as in grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

horrid, horrific, outrageous, offensive

adjective, as in so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

repulsive, ugly

also used for hideous

frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, dreadful, terrible

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What does hideous mean?2

adjective

1

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror“subjected to outrageous cruelty”

2

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying“a hideous scar”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hideous?1

four syllables

insidious

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Hideous in a sentence

Some things get more hideous, when you clean them.BraveSentry
A summer rain is pleasant, a rainy summer is hideous.carlosalberto
The police haven't yet caught the person who committed this hideous crime.CK
I refuse to choreograph such a hideous and immoral production.mailohilohi
They built a hideous new building in our village.meshbags
The man aiming his gun at us had a hideous smile on his face.CK
Who persuaded the singer to put on such a hideous pair of glasses?sundown
That is one of the most hideous paintings I have ever seen.mailohilohi

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