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as in ugly
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
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as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
a hideous crime that could not be fully described in the newspapers
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as in grotesque
unpleasant to look at
wearing a hideous Halloween mask that made the kids all jump with fright
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Recent Examples of hideous
One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Hart was short, with a hideous combover.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
That hideous incentive triggered My Lai and other similarly heinous attacks.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
The love scenes between the two men are intense and unprettified, leaving a lasting emotional imprint on a hideous green deep-pile carpet.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Hart was short, with a hideous combover.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
That hideous incentive triggered My Lai and other similarly heinous attacks.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
The love scenes between the two men are intense and unprettified, leaving a lasting emotional imprint on a hideous green deep-pile carpet.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideous
Adjective
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This was one of the ugliest matches in recent memory; a game that, in isolation, only those fond of trench warfare could love.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Things got a little ugly for Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell this week.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Von had been Trump-friendly before the gruesome and heartbreaking videos of the ICE raids targeting working immigrants started going viral on social media.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Daniels suffered his gruesome non-throwing-arm injury during the fourth quarter of Week 9's blowout loss to the Seahawks.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike Boris Karloff’s grotesque Monster in Hollywood’s 1931 horror classic, del Toro’s Creature is, above all, beautiful.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Buono definitely knows and goes hilariously over the top playing the incarnation of evil itself under makeup that grows increasingly grotesque as his scene progresses.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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By modern standards, kind of disgusting.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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But stepping into that closet was really disgusting.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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As this horrific scene is being investigated, prayers on behalf of our entire International Union are with those killed, injured, and affected, including their families, co-workers, and loved ones.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Washington Commanders took the brunt of criticism on Sunday after quarterback Jayden Daniels suffered a horrific arm injury in the team’s 38-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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The New York native collected Golden Globe and Spirit awards for her performance as the title character, an aging Czechoslovakian actress forced to take a stand-in job in a horrible off-Broadway play, in Anna.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Gano opening up about this comes on a horrible day for the football world after Dallas Cowboys second-year linebacker Marshawn Kneeland died by suicide at the age of 24.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Likewise, using the military to patrol the border is not a shocking mission.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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The numbers game was too great before Rhea Ripley made her shocking return from an injury.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Hideous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideous. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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