hideosity

as in mess
something unpleasant to look at residents of the historic district have protested that a fast-food joint would be a hideosity and totally out of character with the rest of the neighborhood

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mess
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  • By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building.
    Keith Wilson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Carving out the insides of a jack o'lantern leaves you with a big ol mess of pumpkin seeds and innards.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Hideosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideosity. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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