hideousness

1 the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay the indescribable hideousness of the squalor in which the villagers are forced to live Synonyms of hideousness atrociousness, atrocity, awfulness, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness, grisliness, gruesomeness, horror, horridness, monstrosity, repulsivenessWords Related to hideousness badness, baseness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evil, evilness, foulness, heinousness, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, invidiousness, sinfulness, ungodliness, viciousness, vileness, wickedness; accursedness, cursedness, deplorableness, despicableness, detestableness, execrableness, hatefulness, loathsomeness, reprehensibleness; creepiness, eeriness, fearfulness, fearsomeness, ghostliness, ghoulishness, scariness; agony, anguish, hellishness, misery, torment, tortureNear Antonyms of hideousness agreeableness, delightfulness, pleasantness, pleasurableness; allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, desirability, desirableness

2 the state or quality of being utterly evil the hideousness of the defendant's alleged crimes should not prevent him from getting a fair trial Synonyms of hideousness atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evilness, heinousness, enormity, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickednessWords Related to hideousness accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness; corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness; immorality; infamy, notorietyNear Antonyms of hideousness morality; chasteness, innocence, purityAntonyms of hideousness goodness, righteousness, virtuousness