📖 Definitions of "Hideous"
adjective
- 1
Extremely or shockingly ugly.
"A piteous and hideous spectacle."
- 2
Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound
- 3
Hateful; shocking.
- 4
Morally offensive; shocking; detestable.
🔄 Synonyms of "Hideous"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| repulsive | Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. |
| horrid | Causing horror or dread. |
| offensivenoun | Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| outrageous | Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. |
| uglynoun | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hideous"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ugly | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| repulsive | Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| outrageous | Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. |
| offensivenoun | Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. |
| horrid | Causing horror or dread. |
| loathsome | Highly offensive; abominable, sickening. |
| heinous | Bad, evil or villainous. |
| awful | Very bad. |
| repugnant | Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. |
| godforsaken | (figurative, of a location) Desolate, boring and depressing. |
| detestable | Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking. |
| execrable | Hateful, disgusting. |
| odious | Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. |
| abominable | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. |
| deplorable | Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. |
| despicable | Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. |
| abhorrent | Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. |
| dastardly | In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous. |
| god-awful | (US, slang, derogatory) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful. |
⚡ Words Strongly Associated with "Hideous"
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