1
: offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
hideous furniture
The dress looked hideous on her.
2
: morally offensive : shocking
a hideous crime
Examples of hideous in a Sentence
The room was filled with hideous furniture.
the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
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The noise is hideous, but the pollution is much worse.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
But once, my roommate had hung this hideous rack of dusty old spices above the stove.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2026
Suddenly the whole thing seemed like a hideous dream.
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One of most hideous images in American poetry, and yet one of the most memorable.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
But once, my roommate had hung this hideous rack of dusty old spices above the stove.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2026
Suddenly the whole thing seemed like a hideous dream.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
One of most hideous images in American poetry, and yet one of the most memorable.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hideous
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“Hideous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideous. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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