hideous
1. grossly offensive to decency or morality;
causing horror (Freq. 3)
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
• Syn:
horrid, horrific, outrageous
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
outrage (for: outrageous), outrageousness (for: outrageous), horridness (for: horrid)
2. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying (Freq. 2)
- a hideous scar
- a repulsive mask
• Syn:
repulsive
• Similar to:
ugly
• Derivationally related forms:
repulsiveness (for: repulsive), repel (for: repulsive), hideousness
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