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
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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 Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Is this just how the game unfolds each time, part of some hideous narrative doomed to repeat itself?
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The bottom line: Do whatever makes your heart happy, but, please, spare us the hideous inflatables at all times of the year.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
This was a hideous mistake, the details of which should remain unspoken.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Is this just how the game unfolds each time, part of some hideous narrative doomed to repeat itself?
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
The bottom line: Do whatever makes your heart happy, but, please, spare us the hideous inflatables at all times of the year.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
This was a hideous mistake, the details of which should remain unspoken.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Hideous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideous. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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