hideously
18
5.5
- adverb
- /ˈhɪdiəsli/
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horriblemente
- I thought, particularly, that everyone I saw was hideously ugly and deformed, and that they were sick, too.
So for years, but days have been available but hideously expensive, costing thousands of dollars.
- So for years, but days have been available but hideously expensive, costing thousands of dollars.
- And if I could go back and tell that hideously hurt young boy anything, it was like just go and try and be happy, you know, don't feel.
- Some iron despair, such as only an unguessable being from the Gray formless void could have felt before, too hideously alien for any human creature to endure.
- And we we decide to hideously elaborate things that would punch tape and they would come floating up a few days later.
Examples
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" Cindy Crawford may look hideously ugly to a Zulu or a Maori," she said carefully.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the 20th century, the success of Nkrumah as a politician and revolutionary had a hideously repressive counter-reaction.
Academic text (2001) -
A man with a face so hideously ugly...
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Get hideously drunk with me please.
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And it was a hideously wrong lesson, one which I reject totally.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oh, look at that, hideously complex mathematical equations.
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We now see for the first time the left half of his face: hideously repulsive, an acid-eaten mutilation of flesh.
Fiction book (1995) -
Melvin was suddenly transformed into a hideously deformed creature of super-human size and strength.
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They're hideously overpriced.
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The movie was hideously violent, with scenes that made many viewers uncomfortable.
Synonyms
378
1.0
In a very bad way
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
70
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
17
5.8
In a way that is very shocking, too much, or rude
13
4.8
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
7
7.7
In a very strange and ugly way that feels shocking
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
2.7
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
4
7.3
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
4
7.0
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
4
4.9
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very worried
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
3
8.2
In a very rude and cruel way
3
7.0
In a way that makes you feel very disgusted or sick
2
6.9
In a way that shocks and disgusts people
2
8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
2
7.6
In a very bright and tasteless way that attracts attention
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
7.7
In a way that causes strong disgust
1
7.2
In a way that causes strong disgust or dislike
1
4.2
In a way that looks plain or unpleasant to others
1
8.6
In a way that shows strong disgust and moral disapproval
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
1
6.8
In a way that makes someone or something look bad
In a way that looks unattractive or unpleasant
Antonyms
How Shocking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hideously comes from hideous, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the word hide, because something hideous is so ugly or shocking you want to hide it. So, hideously means 'in a very ugly or shocking way'.