Synonyms for hideous
ˈhɪd i əshideous

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1. hideousadjective

   Synonyms:
   horrid, grim, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, grotesque, terrible

2. hideousadjective

   Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.

   A piteous and hideous spectacle. Thomas Babington Macaulay.

   Synonyms:
   grotesque, frightful, grisly, terrible, horrid, ghastly, grim, dreadful

3. hideousadjective

   Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.

   Synonyms:
   grisly, grim, terrible, frightful, grotesque, dreadful, ghastly, horrid

4. hideousadjective

   Hateful; shocking.

   Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. - William Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   terrible, dreadful, grim, grotesque, ghastly, frightful, grisly, horrid

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1. hideous

   Synonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

   Antonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

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1. hideous

   Synonyms:
   frightful, unshapely, monstrous, horrid, horrible, ugly, grisly, grim, ghastly

   Antonyms:
   graceful, beautiful, captivating, attractive

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1. 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, horrid

   Antonyms:
   beautiful, inoffensive

2. hideous, repulsiveadjective

   so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

   "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"

   Synonyms:
   detestable, repugnant, repulsive(a), outrageous, horrific, obscene, horrid, abhorrent, repulsive

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, beautiful

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1. ugly

   something that isn't pretty is ugly.

   the combination of those colors is really hideous!

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

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1. hideousadjective

   Synonyms:
   frightful, dreadful, appalling, horrible, terrible, horrid, ghastly, grisly, grim, shocking

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1. hideousadjective

   Synonyms:
   horrible, grim, ogreish, grisly, repulsive, ugly, ghastly, shocking

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1. List of paraphrases for "hideous":

   ugly, heinous, horrible, awful, grisly, terrible, horrendous, odious, abominable, abhorrent, horrific, atrocious, dreadful, appalling, gruesome, despicable, horrid

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How to use hideous in a sentence?

1. Desiderius Erasmus:

   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.

2. Donald Trump:

   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.

3. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman:

   Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

4. Felix Adler:

   The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.

5. Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy:

   Killing innocent civilians is a horrific, hideous act that no religion can approve