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
- 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
- abominable
- animal
- appalling
- awful
- beast
- bestial
- detestable
- disgusting
- dreadful
- frightful
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- gross
- gruesome
- hateful
- horrendous
- horrid
- loathsome
- macabre
- monstrous
- morbid
- nasty
- odious
- offensive
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- shocking
- sick
- sickening
- terrible
- terrifying
- ugly
- uncomely
- unsightly
- weird
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