Antonyms for hideous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hid-ee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪd i əs

Definition of hideous

Origin : c.1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.

adj grotesque, horrible

Example sentences :

Is it that it seems a strange and hideous dream, from which we will awake and rub our eyes?
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

It is, indeed, difficult to imagine what hideous beings these three sisters were.
Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Alberich was the most hideous of all the black, ugly little Nibelungs.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

There was a hideous fascination in this spectacle stretched before us.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

The thing thrust so unexpectedly before her eyes was hideous in the extreme.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The baby made a grimace at him which was hideous but lovely.
Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

A moment later she caught sight of Number Twelve's hideous face.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

My father did them a hideous wrong, but it was an unintentional wrong.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Is it because they are hideous, or because they are soulless?
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Looking around he saw the hideous face of Number Ten snarling into his.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Synonyms for hideous

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