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hideousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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, horridness, horror, monstrosity, repulsiveness

Words 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, torture

Near 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, enormity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness

Words Related to hideousness

accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness

corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness

infamy, notoriety

Near Antonyms of hideousness

chasteness, innocence, purity

Antonyms of hideousness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

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