hideous
adjective /ˈhɪdiəs/
/ˈhɪdiəs/
- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1- a fairly hideous shade of pink
- She was wearing a hideous yellow dress.
- a hideous concrete church
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHideous is used with these nouns:- beast
- grin
- monster
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French hidos, hideus, from hide, hisde ‘fear’, of unknown origin.