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  1. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHIDEOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    extremely ugly or bad: They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the seafront. She wears the most hideous colour combinations you could ever imagine. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing. unsightly formal.

  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hideousHideous Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of HIDEOUS is offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly. How to use hideous in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHIDEOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    extremely ugly or bad: They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the waterfront. She wears the most hideous color combinations you could ever imagine. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing. unsightly formal.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hideousHideous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Hideous is a word that means extremely ugly. Anything or anybody that is painful — and a little scary — to look at is hideous. This is a strong word. If you have a zit on your nose, you might feel hideous, but you're probably not.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › hideousHIDEOUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    adjective. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster. Synonyms: ghastly, appalling, dreadful, monstrous, odious, detestable, repellent, grim, grisly. Antonyms: pleasing, attractive. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › hideousHideous - definition of hideous by The Free Dictionary

    adj. 1. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revolting. See Synonyms at ugly. 2. Morally offensive; detestable: hideous acts of torture. 3. Causing great harm or fear; terrible: a hideous disease.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › hideousHideous Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Horrible to see, hear, etc.; very ugly or revolting; dreadful. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Morally offensive; detestable. Hideous acts of torture. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Causing great harm or fear; terrible. A hideous disease. American Heritage. Synonyms: outrageous. horrific. horrid. repulsive. ugly. terrifying.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishhideous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of hideous adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionhideous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    very ugly or unpleasant synonym revolting. a hideous face/building/dress; Their new colour scheme is hideous! a hideous crime; The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare. When they refused to let me leave my hotel, I thought, at first, it was all some hideous mistake.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHIDEOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone or something is hideous, you mean that they are extremely unpleasant or ugly.